The temperature on January 7, 1864 was about -10 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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.
February 17 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley becomes the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USSHousatonic.
April 10 » Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg is proclaimed emperor of Mexico during the French intervention in Mexico.
May 5 » American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness begins in Spotsylvania County.
June 15 » Arlington National Cemetery is established when 200 acres (0.81km) of the Arlington estate (formerly owned by Confederate General Robert E. Lee) are officially set aside as a military cemetery by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
July 28 » American Civil War: Battle of Ezra Church: Confederate troops make a third unsuccessful attempt to drive Union forces from Atlanta, Georgia.
December 4 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta.
Day of marriage November 20, 1886
The temperature on November 20, 1886 was about 6.9 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
July 3 » The New-York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
August 31 » The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
October 28 » President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.
Day of death June 9, 1945
The temperature on June 9, 1945 was between 10.0 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
February 16 » World War II: American forces land on Corregidor Island in the Philippines.
February 23 » World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
April 28 » Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci are shot dead by Walter Audisio, a member of the Italian resistance movement.
May 5 » World War II: A Fu-Go balloon bomb launched by the Japanese Army kills six people near Bly, Oregon.
October 15 » The former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, is executed for treason.
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