The temperature on June 7, 1864 was about 14.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
May 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
August 18 » American Civil War: Battle of Globe Tavern: Union forces try to cut a vital Confederate supply-line into Petersburg, Virginia, by attacking the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.
October 31 » Nevada is admitted as the 36th U.S. state.
Day of marriage April 25, 1921
The temperature on April 25, 1921 was between 1.6 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death May 24, 1927
The temperature on May 24, 1927 was between 9.2 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » New Mexican oil legislation goes into effect, leading to the formal outbreak of the Cristero War.
April 30 » Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
May 4 » The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is incorporated.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
November 12 » Leon Trotsky is expelled from the Soviet Communist Party, leaving Joseph Stalin in undisputed control of the Soviet Union.
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