The temperature on August 17, 1863 was about 16.1 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. 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.
June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
August 16 » The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
September 8 » American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
October 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Wauhatchie: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant repel a Confederate attack led by General James Longstreet. Union forces thus open a supply line into Chattanooga, Tennessee.
October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
Day of marriage October 16, 1889
The temperature on October 16, 1889 was about 13.7 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
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.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death September 6, 1947
The temperature on September 6, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Black Dahlia murder: the dismembered corpse of Elizabeth Short was found in Los Angeles.
February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
March 29 » Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
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.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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