The temperature on January 8, 1862 was about 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
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 6 » American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh begins: In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston.
May 15 » President Abraham Lincoln signs a bill into law creating the United States Bureau of Agriculture. It is later renamed the United States Department of Agriculture.
July 18 » First ascent of Dent Blanche, one of the highest summits in the Alps.
October 8 » American Civil War: The Confederate invasion of Kentucky is halted at the Battle of Perryville.
November 7 » American Civil War: Union General Ambrose Burnside was assigned to command the Army of the Potomac in Antietam, Maryland. After Union General George B. McClellan refused to pursue Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia after their retreat from the Battle of Antietam.
December 13 » American Civil War: At the Battle of Fredericksburg, Confederate General Robert E. Lee defeats Union Major General Ambrose Burnside.
Day of death August 18, 1944
The temperature on August 18, 1944 was between 14.6 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
April 1 » Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.
June 16 » In a gross miscarriage of justice, George Junius Stinney Jr., age 14, becomes the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century after being convicted in a two-hour trial for the rape and murder of two teenage white girls.
June 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.
July 17 » Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320.
August 9 » The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
November 19 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.
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