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.
March 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of Paris.
March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
May 28 » The Paris Commune falls after two months.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage May 31, 1903
The temperature on May 31, 1903 was between 11.9 °C and 29.4 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 16.4 hours of sunshine (100%). Source: KNMI
January 4 » Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
August 29 » The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
December 30 » A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.
Day of death May 11, 1944
The temperature on May 11, 1944 was between 1.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 29 » World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.
June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
August 2 » ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.
August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
October 15 » World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after it announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.
October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
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