The temperature on May 13, 1865 was about 17.3 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 44%. 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.
February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
April 14 » U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked at home by Lewis Powell.
May 17 » The International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) is established in Paris.
November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Day of marriage June 21, 1906
The temperature on June 21, 1906 was between 9.4 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 11 » Pope Pius X publishes the encyclical Vehementer Nos.
April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
Day of death February 26, 1949
The temperature on February 26, 1949 was between 4.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
May 6 » EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
June 14 » Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V-2 rocket to an altitude of 134km (83mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
July 27 » Initial flight of the de Havilland Comet, the first jet-powered airliner.
August 3 » The Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball League finalize the merger that would create the National Basketball Association.
October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
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