The temperature on November 16, 1864 was about 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: Union troops assault a Confederate salient known as the "Mule Shoe", with the fiercest fighting of the war, much of it hand-to-hand combat, occurring at "the Bloody Angle" on the northwest.
June 15 » American Civil War: The Second Battle of Petersburg begins.
June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
November 15 » American Civil War: Union General William Tecumseh Sherman begins Sherman's March to the Sea.
December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of marriage May 1, 1892
The temperature on May 1, 1892 was about 8.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. 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.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of death January 20, 1940
The temperature on January 20, 1940 was between -16.3 °C and -3.7 °C and averaged -8 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 10 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
June 18 » Appeal of 18 June by Charles de Gaulle.
August 19 » First flight of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber.
November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
November 5 » World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser, HMSJervis Bay, is sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
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