The temperature on July 1, 1861 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. Source: KNMI
From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
April 6 » First performance of Arthur Sullivan's debut success, his suite of incidental music for The Tempest, leading to a career that included the famous Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
May 13 » Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri.
November 7 » The first Melbourne Cup horse race is held in Melbourne, Australia.
December 9 » American Civil War: The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War is established by the U.S. Congress.
December 21 » Medal of Honor: Public Resolution 82, containing a provision for a Navy Medal of Valor, is signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln.
Day of marriage June 14, 1890
The temperature on June 14, 1890 was about 11.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of death February 16, 1942
The temperature on February 16, 1942 was between -5.4 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 2 » The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtains the conviction of 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring.
February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
June 3 » World War II: Japan begins the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island.
June 11 » World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
June 12 » Anne Frank receives a diary for her thirteenth birthday.
October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
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