The temperature on October 22, 1864 was about 11.4 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
May 31 » American Civil War: Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: The Army of Northern Virginia engages the Army of the Potomac.
October 15 » American Civil War: The Union garrison of Glasgow, Missouri surrenders to Confederate forces.
October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Day of marriage September 21, 1892
The temperature on September 21, 1892 was about 16.0 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
February 29 » St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
September 8 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of death May 23, 1958
The temperature on May 23, 1958 was between 9.9 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 6.4 mm of rain during 4.9 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 23 » After a general uprising and rioting in the streets, President Marcos Pérez Jiménez leaves Venezuela.
January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
October 4 » The current constitution of France is adopted.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
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