The temperature on January 3, 1864 was about -10 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
July 29 » American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
August 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
October 19 » American Civil War: The Battle of Cedar Creek ends the last Confederate threat to Washington, DC.
December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Day of marriage March 8, 1889
The temperature on March 8, 1889 was about 5.5 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
Day of death November 28, 1949
The average temperature on November 28, 1949 was 4.7 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
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 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
February 24 » The Armistice Agreements are signed, to formally end the hostilities of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
April 18 » The keel for the aircraft carrier USSUnited States is laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction is canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals.
May 9 » Rainier III becomes Prince of Monaco.
August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
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