The temperature on November 1, 1865 was about 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. 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.
February 8 » Delaware refuses to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Slavery was outlawed in the United States, including Delaware, when the Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 6, 1865. Delaware ratified the Thirteenth Amendment on February 12, 1901, which was the ninety-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
March 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
April 1 » American Civil War: Union troops led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeat Confederate troops led by George Pickett, cutting the Army of Northern Virginia's last supply line.
April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Day of marriage July 2, 1892
The temperature on July 2, 1892 was about 19.9 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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 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.
July 7 » The Katipunan is established, the discovery of which by Spanish authorities initiated the Philippine Revolution.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
October 26 » Ida B. Wells publishes Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases.
December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of death August 13, 1957
The temperature on August 13, 1957 was between 12.6 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
March 29 » The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
July 25 » The Tunisian King Muhammad VIII al-Amin is replaced by President Habib Bourguiba.
July 28 » Heavy rain and a mudslide in Isahaya, western Kyushu, Japan, kills 992.
October 22 » Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.
November 17 » Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashes at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause is a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. There are no fatalities.
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