The temperature on November 5, 1861 was about 7.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 13 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
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).
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).
March 3 » Alexander II of Russia signs the Emancipation Manifesto, freeing serfs.
March 4 » The first national flag of the Confederate States of America (the "Stars and Bars") is adopted.
May 13 » American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognizes the Confederacy as having belligerent rights.
May 24 » American Civil War: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia.
September 17 » Argentine Civil Wars: The State of Buenos Aires defeats the Argentine Confederation at the Battle of Pavón.
December 26 » American Civil War: The Trent Affair: Confederate diplomatic envoys James Murray Mason and John Slidell are freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Day of marriage December 27, 1889
The temperature on December 27, 1889 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 38 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
Day of death April 6, 1947
The temperature on April 6, 1947 was between 7.1 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 23 » The United States Senate follows the United States House of Representatives in overriding U.S. President Harry S. Truman's veto of the Taft–Hartley Act.
June 24 » Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington, leading to the coining of the phrase "flying saucer".
July 6 » The AK-47 goes into production in the Soviet Union.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
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