The temperature on June 20, 1871 was about 11.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. 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.
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.
May 4 » The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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).
July 2 » Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States.
August 29 » Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
Day of marriage October 16, 1897
The temperature on October 16, 1897 was about 10.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
Day of death November 30, 1940
The temperature on November 30, 1940 was between -6.0 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 3 » World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
June 25 » World War II: The French armistice with Germany comes into effect.
July 10 » World War II: The Vichy government is established in France.
July 25 » General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal.
August 15 » An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiserElli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
October 25 » Benjamin O. Davis Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army.
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