The temperature on May 8, 1864 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. 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.
February 20 » American Civil War: Battle of Olustee: The largest battle fought in Florida during the war.
April 8 » American Civil War: Battle of Mansfield: Union forces are thwarted by the Confederate army at Mansfield, Louisiana.
May 29 » Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
August 23 » American Civil War: The Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, Alabama, thus breaking Confederate dominance of all ports on the Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, Texas.
October 28 » American Civil War: A Union attack on the Confederate capital is repulsed.
Day of marriage May 23, 1912
The temperature on May 23, 1912 was between 8.9 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » The British passenger liner RMSTitanic sinks in the North Atlantic at 2:20a.m., two hours and forty minutes after hitting an iceberg. Only 710 of 2,227 passengers and crew on board survive.
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
November 12 » The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
Day of death October 18, 1936
The temperature on October 18, 1936 was between 8.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
June 28 » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
July 19 » Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain - mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces.
September 14 » Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaures, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza
October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
October 27 » Mrs Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
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