The temperature on July 23, 1863 was about 17.0 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
December 28 » The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5–0, in the first indoor professional football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
Day of death August 20, 1949
The temperature on August 20, 1949 was between 10.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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).
January 5 » In his "State of the Union" address, United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program.
April 5 » A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
October 3 » WERD, the first black-owned radio station in the United States, opens in Atlanta.
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