The temperature on November 25, 1865 was about 12.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
May 9 » American Civil War: President Andrew Johnson issues a proclamation ending belligerent rights of the rebels and enjoining foreign nations to intern or expel Confederate ships.
July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
July 31 » The first narrow-gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
Day of marriage May 14, 1898
The temperature on May 14, 1898 was about 10.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
Day of death March 20, 1952
The temperature on March 20, 1952 was between 5.7 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
March 20 » The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan.
July 21 » The 7.3 Mw Kern County earthquake strikes Southern California with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 12 and injuring hundreds.
September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
September 19 » The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
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