The temperature on September 23, 1860 was about 12.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
January 1 » The first Polish stamp is issued, replacing the Russian stamps previously in use.
April 3 » The first successful United States Pony Express run from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, begins.
June 23 » The United States Congress establishes the Government Printing Office.
June 30 » The 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History takes place.
September 8 » The steamship PSLady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
December 29 » The launch of HMSWarrior, with her combination of screw propeller, iron hull and iron armour, renders all previous warships obsolete.
Day of marriage May 20, 1885
The temperature on May 20, 1885 was about 10.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
February 5 » King Leopold II of Belgium establishes the Congo as a personal possession.
March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
April 2 » Canadian Cree warriors attack the village of Frog Lake, killing nine.
July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
November 7 » The completion of Canada's first transcontinental railway is symbolized by the Last Spike ceremony at Craigellachie, British Columbia.
November 19 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: Bulgarian victory in the Battle of Slivnitsa solidifies the unification between the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia.
Day of death April 18, 1935
The temperature on April 18, 1935 was between 1.7 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
April 14 » The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, swept across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
June 3 » One thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
December 5 » Mary McLeod Bethune founds the National Council of Negro Women in New York City.
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