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Christening day December 8, 1861

• The temperature on December 8, 1861 was about 10.6 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From February 23, 1860 till March 14, 1861 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Van Heemstra with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. S. baron Van Heemstra (liberaal).
• From March 14, 1861 till January 31, 1862 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Loudon with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.P. baron Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. J. Loudon (liberaal).
• In the year 1861: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech.
  • May 6 » American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union.
  • September 6 » American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
  • October 1 » Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published, going on to sell 60,000 copies in its first year and remaining in print until the present day
  • December 4 » The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President.
  • December 10 » American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.

Day of marriage August 21, 1886

• The temperature on August 21, 1886 was about 24.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 51%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Charles Martin Hall produced the first samples of aluminium from the electrolysis of aluminium oxide, after several years of intensive work. He was assisted in this project by his older sister, Julia Brainerd Hall.
  • March 1 » The Anglo-Chinese School, Singapore is founded by Bishop William Oldham.
  • March 29 » John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
  • May 29 » The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
  • August 31 » The 7.0 M_w  Charleston earthquake affects southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Sixty people killed with damage estimated at $5–6 million.
  • November 27 » German judge Emil Hartwich sustains fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest.

Day of death June 29, 1959

• The temperature on June 29, 1959 was between 13.1 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  • January 7 » The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
  • February 22 » Lee Petty wins the first Daytona 500.
  • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
  • June 14 » Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
  • September 26 » Typhoon Vera, the strongest typhoon to hit Japan in recorded history, makes landfall, killing 4,580 people and leaving nearly 1.6 million others homeless.

Day of burial July 2, 1959

• The temperature on July 2, 1959 was between 16.1 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, is launched by the Soviet Union.
  • January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
  • March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
  • May 16 » The Triton Fountain in Valletta, Malta is turned on for the first time.
  • October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1962 » Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (b. 1883)
• 1964 » Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
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