The temperature on July 11, 1865 was about 15.4 °C. There was 9 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 15 » American Civil War: Fort Fisher in North Carolina falls to the Union, thus cutting off the last major seaport of the Confederacy.
March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
May 5 » American Civil War: The Confederate government was declared dissolved at Washington, Georgia.
December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
Day of marriage August 7, 1889
The temperature on August 7, 1889 was about 17.2 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of death May 24, 1935
The temperature on May 24, 1935 was between 10.4 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 20 » Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
June 11 » Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
July 28 » First flight of the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
September 2 » The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
December 9 » Student protests in Beiping (now Beijing)'s Tiananmen Square, dispersed by government.
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