The temperature on October 14, 1864 was about 11.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. 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 27 » American Civil War: The first Northern prisoners arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia.
March 16 » American Civil War: During the Red River Campaign, Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
April 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
October 30 » The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.
November 29 » American Indian Wars: Sand Creek massacre: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
Day of death July 18, 1948
The temperature on July 18, 1948 was between 11.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 8.4 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 7 » Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.
February 4 » Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) becomes independent within the British Commonwealth.
May 30 » A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
June 20 » The Deutsche Mark is introduced in Western Allied-occupied Germany. The Soviet Military Administration in Germany responded by imposing the Berlin Blockade four days later.
June 26 » Shirley Jackson's short story The Lottery is published in The New Yorker magazine.
July 16 » The storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay Pacific Airways, marks the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane.
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