The temperature on November 4, 1861 was about 7.4 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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 29 » Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
April 29 » American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
November 20 » American Civil War: A secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's Confederate government.
December 10 » Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
Day of marriage July 20, 1892
The temperature on July 20, 1892 was about 11.7 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
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.
October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
November 12 » Pudge Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
December 9 » English football club Newcastle United is founded.
Day of death February 1, 1942
The temperature on February 1, 1942 was between -6.0 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -5.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 1 » World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.
February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
April 3 » World War II: Japanese forces begin an assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula.
June 21 » World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces.
July 1 » World War II: First Battle of El Alamein.
July 10 » World War II: An American pilot spots a downed, intact Mitsubishi A6M Zero on Akutan Island (the "Akutan Zero") that the US Navy uses to learn the aircraft's flight characteristics.
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