The temperature on August 3, 1871 was about 24.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 17 » The victorious Prussian Army parades through Paris, France, after the end of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
March 27 » The first international rugby football match, when Scotland defeats England in Edinburgh at Raeburn Place.
May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Day of marriage December 10, 1892
The temperature on December 10, 1892 was about -3.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
Day of death May 22, 1958
The temperature on May 22, 1958 was between 4.7 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 5 » A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb is lost by the US Air Force off the coast of Savannah, Georgia, never to be recovered.
March 24 » Rock 'n' roll teen idol Elvis Presley is drafted in the U.S. Army.
July 9 » A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
August 3 » The world's first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus, becomes the first vessel to complete a submerged transit of the geographical North Pole.
October 26 » Pan American Airways makes the first commercial flight of the Boeing 707 from New York City to Paris.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
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