The temperature on October 22, 1865 was about 11.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
March 2 » East Cape War: The Völkner Incident in New Zealand.
April 2 » American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battle of Petersburg forces the Army of Northern Virginia and the Confederate government to abandon Richmond, Virginia.
April 20 » Astronomer Angelo Secchi demonstrates the Secchi disk, which measures water clarity, aboard Pope Pius IX's yacht, the L'Immaculata Concezion.
April 27 » The Sultana explodes and sinks in the United States' worst maritime disaster.
May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
December 1 » Shaw University, the first historically black university in the southern United States, is founded in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Day of marriage July 15, 1893
The temperature on July 15, 1893 was about 17.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
June 22 » The Royal Navy battleship HMSCamperdown accidentally rams the British Mediterranean Fleet flagship HMSVictoria which sinks taking 358 crew with her, including the fleet's commander, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon.
July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
July 11 » A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua.
Day of death February 29, 1960
The temperature on February 29, 1960 was between 6.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
June 19 » The first NASCAR race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
August 9 » South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
September 18 » Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
October 19 » The United States imposes a near-total trade embargo against Cuba.
December 14 » Convention against Discrimination in Education of UNESCO is adopted.
December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
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