The temperature on May 5, 1871 was about 11.6 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 65%. 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.
January 3 » In the Battle of Bapaume, an engagement in the Franco-Prussian War, General Louis Faidherbe's forces bring about a Prussian retreat.
March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
May 21 » French troops invade the Paris Commune and engage its residents in street fighting. By the close of "Bloody Week", some 20,000 communards have been killed and 38,000 arrested.
July 30 » The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
October 24 » An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
December 26 » Thespis, the first Gilbert and Sullivan collaboration, debuts. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years and the score has been lost.
Day of marriage May 30, 1895
The temperature on May 30, 1895 was about 20.9 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
October 21 » The Republic of Formosa collapses as Japanese forces invade.
Day of death December 30, 1945
The temperature on December 30, 1945 was between -2.5 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 5 » The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland.
January 8 » World War II: Philippine Commonwealth troops under the Philippine Commonwealth Army units enter the province of Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon and attack Japanese Imperial forces.
April 1 » World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
August 9 » The Red Army invades Japanese-occupied Manchuria.
December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
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