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 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
April 15 » President Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by actor John Wilkes Booth. Vice President Andrew Johnson becomes President upon Lincoln's death.
May 13 » American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, the last land battle of the Civil War ends with a Confederate victory.
July 14 » First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom die on the descent.
November 26 » Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
December 18 » US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
Day of marriage November 11, 1926
The temperature on November 11, 1926 was between 6.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
May 25 » Sholom Schwartzbard assassinates Symon Petliura, the head of the government of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which is in government-in-exile in Paris.
June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death April 9, 1949
The temperature on April 9, 1949 was between 0.3 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 1 » United Nations cease-fire takes effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stops accordingly.
March 1 » Indonesian Army recaptures and occupies for six hours its capital city Yogyakarta from the Dutch.
March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
August 29 » Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
November 3 » Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
Day of burial April 13, 1949
The temperature on April 13, 1949 was between 7.1 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 25 » The first Emmy Awards are presented; the venue is the Hollywood Athletic Club.
April 1 » The Government of Canada repeals Japanese-Canadian internment after seven years.
July 21 » The United States Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
September 21 » The People's Republic of China is proclaimed.
December 2 » Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others is adopted.
December 4 » Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi, a member leader of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.
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