The temperature on August 30, 1871 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
April 1 » The 3rd Duke of Buckingham opened the Brill Tramway, a short railway line to transport goods between his lands and the national rail network.
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage February 26, 1908
The temperature on February 26, 1908 was between 0.6 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
April 16 » Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
June 18 » Japanese immigration to Brazil begins when 781 people arrive in Santos aboard the ship Kasato-Maru.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
Day of death May 16, 1947
The temperature on May 16, 1947 was between 9.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
September 15 » Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
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