The temperature on May 23, 1863 was about 14.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 59%. 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.
February 24 » Arizona is organized as a United States territory.
April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
July 1 » American Civil War: The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
September 20 » American Civil War: The Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, ends in a Confederate victory.
October 3 » The last Thursday in November is declared as Thanksgiving Day by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
Day of marriage May 24, 1884
The temperature on May 24, 1884 was about 13.3 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
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.
February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
August 5 » The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
Day of death May 16, 1944
The temperature on May 16, 1944 was between 1.3 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
April 26 » Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt.
June 7 » World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
June 22 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.
August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
August 24 » World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
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