The temperature on February 8, 1871 was about 3.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
March 21 » Journalist Henry Morton Stanley begins his trek to find the missionary and explorer David Livingstone.
March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
June 16 » The Universities Tests Act 1871 allows students to enter the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Durham without religious tests (except for those intending to study theology).
October 10 » Chicago burns after a barn accident. The fire lasts from October 8–10.
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?".
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Day of marriage March 30, 1901
The temperature on March 30, 1901 was between -0.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of death January 21, 1961
The temperature on January 21, 1961 was between 1.5 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 14.3 mm of rain during 9.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
March 14 » A USAF B-52 bomber crashes near near Yuba City, California whilst carrying nuclear weapons.
April 30 » K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
October 27 » NASA tests the first Saturn I rocket in Mission Saturn-Apollo 1.
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