The temperature on July 18, 1865 was about 20.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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 31 » American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief.
February 1 » President Abraham Lincoln signs the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
December 6 » Georgia ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
December 17 » First performance of the Unfinished Symphony by Franz Schubert.
Day of death August 22, 1949
The temperature on August 22, 1949 was between 10.7 °C and 26.9 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
May 23 » Cold War: The Western occupying powers approve the Basic Law and establish a new German state, the Federal Republic of Germany.
September 29 » The Communist Party of China writes the Common Programme for the future People's Republic of China.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
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