The temperature on May 4, 1865 was about 22.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. 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 20 » End of the Uruguayan War, with a peace agreement between President Tomás Villalba and rebel leader Venancio Flores, setting the scene for the destructive War of the Triple Alliance.
April 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Sailor's Creek: Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign.
May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
November 18 » Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is published in the New York Saturday Press.
Day of marriage May 16, 1895
The temperature on May 16, 1895 was about 8.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Dreyfus affair: French army officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
Day of death April 18, 1946
The temperature on April 18, 1946 was between 3.9 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 24 » The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission.
February 8 » The first portion of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, the first serious challenge to the popularity of the Authorized King James Version, is published.
April 20 » The League of Nations officially dissolves, giving most of its power to the United Nations.
May 1 » Start of three-year Pilbara strike of Indigenous Australians.
December 12 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam to United Nations is adopted.
December 31 » President Harry S. Truman officially proclaims the end of hostilities in World War II.
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