The temperature on July 24, 1864 was about 22.0 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 29 » Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.
May 21 » The Ionian Islands reunite with Greece.
May 22 » American Civil War: After ten weeks, the Union Army's Red River Campaign ends in failure.
August 31 » During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.
September 1 » American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Army of the Ohio.
Day of marriage August 29, 1888
The temperature on August 29, 1888 was about 16.1 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Day of death May 26, 1937
The temperature on May 26, 1937 was between 13.8 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
May 21 » A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
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