The temperature on August 26, 1863 was about 15.1 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 77%. 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.
May 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville begins.
May 22 » American Civil War: Union forces begin the Siege of Port Hudson which lasts 48 days, the longest siege in U.S. military history.
June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
July 13 » New York City draft riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
August 21 » Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.
October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Day of marriage February 25, 1886
The temperature on February 25, 1886 was about -1.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. 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.
February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
May 5 » The Bay View massacre: A militia fires into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven.
May 8 » Pharmacist John Pemberton first sells a carbonated beverage named "Coca-Cola" as a patent medicine.
June 10 » Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17km long fissure across the mountain peak.
June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
Day of death May 4, 1943
The temperature on May 4, 1943 was between 3.9 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
January 22 » World War II: Australian and American forces defeat Japanese army and navy units in the bitterly fought Battle of Buna–Gona.
February 14 » World War II: Rostov-on-Don, Russia is liberated.
March 6 » Norman Rockwell published Freedom from Want in The Saturday Evening Post with a matching essay by Carlos Bulosan as part of the Four Freedoms series.
April 16 » Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
November 24 » World War II: At the battle of Makin the USSLiscome Bay is torpedoed near Tarawa and sinks, killing 650 men.
December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.
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