The temperature on March 11, 1870 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 15 » Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
September 16 » Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.
November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
Day of death November 12, 1947
The temperature on November 12, 1947 was between 11.6 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 16.7 mm of rain during 9.2 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
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