The temperature on October 31, 1861 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
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).
February 9 » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis is elected the Provisional President of the Confederate States of America by the Confederate convention at Montgomery, Alabama.
June 10 » American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
July 26 » American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
August 28 » American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
September 3 » American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
October 25 » The Toronto Stock Exchange is created.
Day of marriage November 2, 1901
The temperature on November 2, 1901 was between 0.3 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (83%). Source: KNMI
January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
January 10 » The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
October 24 » Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
Day of death August 25, 1935
The temperature on August 25, 1935 was between 14.4 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » Benito Mussolini and French Foreign minister Pierre Laval sign the Franco-Italian Agreement.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
August 14 » Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
November 9 » The Congress of Industrial Organizations is founded in Atlantic City, New Jersey, by eight trade unions belonging to the American Federation of Labor.
November 24 » The Senegalese Socialist Party holds its second congress.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
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