The temperature on September 16, 1860 was about 12.2 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
February 27 » Abraham Lincoln makes a speech at Cooper Union in the city of New York that is largely responsible for his election to the Presidency.
March 5 » Parma, Tuscany, Modena and Romagna vote in referendums to join the Kingdom of Sardinia.
March 17 » The First Taranaki War begins in Taranaki, New Zealand, a major phase of the New Zealand Wars.
May 18 » Abraham Lincoln wins the Republican Party presidential nomination over William H. Seward, who later becomes the United States Secretary of State.
September 7 » Italian unification: Giuseppe Garibaldi enters Naples.
December 20 » South Carolina becomes the first state to attempt to secede from the United States.
Day of marriage April 18, 1883
The temperature on April 18, 1883 was about 13.4 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
May 20 » Krakatoa begins to erupt; the volcano explodes three months later, killing more than 36,000 people.
June 5 » The first regularly scheduled Orient Express departs Paris.
June 16 » The Victoria Hall theatre panic in Sunderland, England, kills 183 children.
August 25 » France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
Day of death September 20, 1947
The temperature on September 20, 1947 was between 14.6 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
April 9 » The Glazier–Higgins–Woodward tornadoes kill 181 and injure 970 in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
April 9 » The Journey of Reconciliation, the first interracial Freedom Ride begins through the upper South in violation of Jim Crow laws. The riders wanted enforcement of the United States Supreme Court's 1946 Irene Morgan decision that banned racial segregation in interstate travel.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
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