The temperature on January 20, 1863 was about 5.4 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 52%. 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 22 » The January Uprising breaks out in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. The aim of the national movement is to regain Polish–Lithuanian–Ruthenian Commonwealth from occupation by Russia.
May 2 » American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson is wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbs to pneumonia eight days later.
May 18 » American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
July 3 » American Civil War: The final day of the Battle of Gettysburg culminates with Pickett's Charge.
November 29 » American Civil War: Battle of Fort Sanders: Union forces under Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from Confederate forces under James Longstreet.
Day of marriage May 16, 1890
The temperature on May 16, 1890 was about 19.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 46%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 26 » In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
Day of death January 20, 1947
The temperature on January 20, 1947 was between -2.7 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 25 » The formal abolition of Prussia is proclaimed by the Allied Control Council, the Prussian government having already been abolished by the Preußenschlag of 1932.
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
May 1 » Portella della Ginestra massacre against May Day celebrations in Sicily by the bandit and separatist leader Salvatore Giuliano where 11 persons are killed and 33 wounded.
May 3 » New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect.
June 5 » Cold War: Marshall Plan: In a speech at Harvard University, the United States Secretary of State George Marshall calls for economic aid to war-torn Europe.
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