The temperature on November 1, 1871 was about 7.9 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. 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 18 » Wilhelm I of Germany is proclaimed Kaiser Wilhelm in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles (France) towards the end of the Franco-Prussian War. Wilhelm already had the title of German Emperor since the constitution of 1 January 1871, but he had hesitated to accept the title.
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.
April 30 » The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
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).
September 28 » The Brazilian Parliament passes a law that frees all children thereafter born to slaves, and all government-owned slaves.
November 16 » The National Rifle Association receives its charter from New York State.
Day of marriage June 21, 1894
The temperature on June 21, 1894 was about 16.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 7 » Thomas Edison makes a kinetoscopic film of someone sneezing. On the same day, his employee, William Kennedy Dickson, receives a patent for motion picture film.
February 12 » Anarchist Émile Henry hurls a bomb into the Cafe Terminus in Paris, killing one person and wounding 20.
May 1 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, arrives in Washington, D.C.
May 11 » Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers go on a wildcat strike.
June 24 » Marie François Sadi Carnot is assassinated by Sante Geronimo Caserio.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
Day of death March 16, 1962
The temperature on March 16, 1962 was between -5.7 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
May 27 » The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town's landfill above a coal mine.
July 22 » Mariner program: Mariner 1 spacecraft flies erratically several minutes after launch and has to be destroyed.
August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
September 30 » Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association.
November 11 » Kuwait's National Assembly ratifies the Constitution of Kuwait.
Day of burial March 20, 1962
The temperature on March 20, 1962 was between -4 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
February 27 » Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.
August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
September 25 » The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President of the provisional government.
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