The temperature on May 25, 1863 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 4 » The New Apostolic Church, a Christian and chiliastic church, is established in Hamburg, Germany.
April 16 » American Civil War: During the Vicksburg Campaign, gunboats commanded by acting Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter run downriver past Confederate artillery batteries at Vicksburg.
June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
October 31 » The New Zealand Wars resume as British forces in New Zealand led by General Duncan Cameron begin their Invasion of the Waikato.
Day of death April 10, 1938
The temperature on April 10, 1938 was between -1.1 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
July 20 » The United States Department of Justice files suit in New York City against the motion picture industry charging violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act in regards to the studio system. The case would eventually result in a break-up of the industry in 1948.
July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.
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