The temperature on March 12, 1863 was about 7.1 °C. The air pressure was 2.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. 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.
January 10 » The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
January 26 » American Civil War: Governor of Massachusetts John Albion Andrew receives permission from the Secretary of War to raise a militia organization for men of African descent.
April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
July 7 » The United States begins its first military draft; exemptions cost $300.
October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
Day of death January 4, 1908
The temperature on January 4, 1908 was between -13.7 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -7.1 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 13 » The Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania kills 171 people.
May 26 » The first major commercial oil strike in the Middle East was made at Masjed Soleyman in southwest Persia. The rights to the resource were quickly acquired by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company.
July 26 » United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation).
September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
September 27 » Production of the Model T automobile begins at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit.
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