The temperature on February 3, 1861 was about 1.3 °C. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
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).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
January 9 » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
January 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
February 18 » In Montgomery, Alabama, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
March 11 » American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
April 19 » American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: A pro-Secession mob in Baltimore attacks United States Army troops marching through the city.
October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
Day of death September 11, 1947
The temperature on September 11, 1947 was between 9.5 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 9 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 22 relating to Corfu Channel incident is adopted.
April 28 » Thor Heyerdahl and five crew mates set out from Peru on the Kon-Tiki to demonstrate that Peruvian natives could have settled Polynesia.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
July 4 » The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
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