The temperature on October 26, 1864 was about 11.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. 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.
June 3 » American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor: Union forces attack Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia.
June 5 » American Civil War: Battle of Piedmont: Union forces under General David Hunter defeat a Confederate army at Piedmont, Virginia, taking nearly 1,000 prisoners.
June 30 » U.S. President Abraham Lincoln grants Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation".
July 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Peachtree Creek: Near Atlanta, Georgia, Confederate forces led by General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attack Union troops under General William T. Sherman.
October 2 » American Civil War: Confederates defeat a Union attack on Saltville, Virginia. A massacre of wounded Union prisoners (most of them are from a Black cavalry unit) ensues.
Day of marriage April 24, 1894
The temperature on April 24, 1894 was about 10.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » New England Telephone and Telegraph installs the first battery-operated telephone switchboard in Lexington, Massachusetts.
March 25 » Coxey's Army, the first significant American protest march, departs Massillon, Ohio for Washington, D.C.
June 23 » The International Olympic Committee is founded at the Sorbonne in Paris, at the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin.
June 28 » Labor Day becomes an official US holiday.
November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
Day of death December 21, 1952
The temperature on December 21, 1952 was between 4.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
November 19 » Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
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