The temperature on January 2, 1866 was about 5.7 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 10, 1866 to June 1, 1866 the cabinet Fransen van de Putte, with I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal) as prime minister.
From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
January 18 » Wesley College is established in Melbourne, Australia.
April 6 » The Grand Army of the Republic, an American patriotic organization composed of Union veterans of the American Civil War, is founded. It lasts until 1956.
April 8 » Italy and Prussia ally against the Austrian Empire.
April 10 » The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.
May 1 » The Memphis Race Riots begin. In three days time, 46 blacks and two whites were killed. Reports of the atrocities influenced passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
August 17 » The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
Day of marriage November 10, 1892
The temperature on November 10, 1892 was about 5.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
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.
July 6 » Three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engage in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.
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 January 11, 1958
The temperature on January 11, 1958 was between 4.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.6 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Cold War: Space Race: The first successful American satellite detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
April 13 » American pianist Van Cliburn is awarded first prize at the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
May 9 » Alfred Hitchcock's film Vertigo has world premiere in San Francisco.
September 14 » The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
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