The temperature on April 5, 1865 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. 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 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
March 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
April 10 » American Civil War: A day after his surrender to Union forces, Confederate General Robert E. Lee addresses his troops for the last time.
May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
May 26 » American Civil War: The Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi division, is the last full general of the Confederate Army to surrender, at Galveston, Texas.
August 12 » Joseph Lister, British surgeon and scientist, performs 1st antiseptic surgery.
Day of marriage December 15, 1900
The temperature on December 15, 1900 was about 6.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 24 » Second Boer War: Boers stop a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop.
February 27 » The British Labour Party is founded.
June 25 » The Taoist monk Wang Yuanlu discovers the Dunhuang manuscripts, a cache of ancient texts that are of great historical and religious significance, in the Mogao Caves of Dunhuang, China.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death December 19, 1950
The temperature on December 19, 1950 was between -10.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
July 24 » Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.
September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
November 1 » Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman at Blair House.
November 5 » Korean War: British and Australian forces from the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade successfully halted the advancing Chinese 117th Division during the Battle of Pakchon.
November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
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