The temperature on April 28, 1863 was about 7.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
June 17 » American Civil War: Battle of Aldie in the Gettysburg Campaign.
July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
Day of death May 4, 1945
The temperature on May 4, 1945 was between 4.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
March 17 » The Ludendorff Bridge in Remagen, Germany, collapses, ten days after its capture.
April 9 » World War II: The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ends.
August 30 » The Allied Control Council, governing Germany after World War II, comes into being.
September 18 » General Douglas MacArthur moves his command headquarters to Tokyo.
November 10 » Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).
December 27 » The International Monetary Fund is created with the signing of an agreement by 29 nations.
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