The temperature on November 8, 1864 was about -2.2 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 7 » American Civil War: The Army of the Potomac, under General Ulysses S. Grant, breaks off from the Battle of the Wilderness and moves southwards.
May 9 » Second Schleswig War: The Danish navy defeats the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland.
May 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Ware Bottom Church: In the Virginia Bermuda Hundred campaign, 10,000 troops fight in this Confederate victory.
August 22 » Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
November 4 » American Civil War: Confederate troops bombard a Union supply base and destroy millions of dollars in material at the Battle of Johnsonville.
Day of death August 25, 1948
The temperature on August 25, 1948 was between 13.1 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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).
April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
May 13 » Arab–Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre is committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
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.
July 16 » Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulates to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
August 3 » Whittaker Chambers accuses Alger Hiss of being a communist and a spy for the Soviet Union.
December 14 » Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
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