The temperature on October 5, 1863 was about 14.6 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. 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.
April 2 » American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia.
April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
May 21 » American Civil War: The Union Army succeeds in closing off the last escape route from Port Hudson, Louisiana, in preparation for the coming siege.
October 15 » American Civil War: The H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks, killing its inventor.
October 29 » Eighteen countries meet in Geneva and agree to form the International Red Cross.
November 24 » American Civil War: Battle of Lookout Mountain: Near Chattanooga, Tennessee, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Lookout Mountain and begin to break the Confederate siege of the city led by General Braxton Bragg.
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
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of death June 27, 1930
The temperature on June 27, 1930 was between 10.9 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 47.5 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
May 27 » The 1,046 feet (319m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.
June 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
August 29 » The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
December 2 » Great Depression: In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a $150 million (equivalent to $2,296,000,000 in 2019) public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
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