The temperature on December 20, 1864 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 76 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.
May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle begins with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta.
June 21 » American Civil War: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road begins.
July 22 » American Civil War: Battle of Atlanta: Outside Atlanta, Confederate General John Bell Hood leads an unsuccessful attack on Union troops under General William T. Sherman on Bald Hill.
December 10 » American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
December 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Nashville: Major General George Thomas's Union forces defeat Lieutenant General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
December 22 » American Civil War: Savannah, Georgia, falls to the forces of General Sherman.
Day of marriage May 17, 1890
The temperature on May 17, 1890 was about 20.7 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 62%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
Day of death July 27, 1947
The temperature on July 27, 1947 was between 14.4 °C and 28.8 °C and averaged 21.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
July 6 » Referendum held in Sylhet to decide its fate in the Partition of India.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
December 17 » First flight of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber.
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