The temperature on October 31, 1871 was about 3.2 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 18 » Declaration of the Paris Commune; President of the French Republic, Adolphe Thiers, orders the evacuation of 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).
July 29 » The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
December 24 » The opera Aida premieres in Cairo, Egypt.
Day of marriage May 20, 1893
The temperature on May 20, 1893 was about 19.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
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.
January 6 » The Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress. The charter is signed by President Benjamin Harrison.
May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
June 5 » The trial of Lizzie Borden for the murder of her father and step-mother begins in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
Day of death December 4, 1969
The temperature on December 4, 1969 was between -1.9 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
August 21 » Gap Inc. opened their first store in San Francisco, California.
September 25 » The charter establishing the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is signed.
November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
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