The temperature on April 3, 1865 was about -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
April 13 » American Civil War: Raleigh, North Carolina is occupied by Union Forces.
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.
May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
July 27 » Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
Day of death December 25, 1959
The temperature on December 25, 1959 was between 3.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, Saiq and Shuraijah, marking the end of Jebel Akhdar War in Oman.
February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
September 12 » Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color.
September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.
November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.
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