The temperature on September 26, 1863 was about 11.5 °C. There was 0.2 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 93%. 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.
May 17 » Rosalía de Castro publishes Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language.
June 7 » During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
July 19 » American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: At Buffington Island in Ohio, Confederate General John Hunt Morgan's raid into the north is mostly thwarted when a large group of his men are captured while trying to escape across the Ohio River.
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.
November 27 » American Civil War: Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escape the Ohio Penitentiary and return safely to the South.
Day of marriage April 24, 1890
The temperature on April 24, 1890 was about 10.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Day of death September 26, 1934
The temperature on September 26, 1934 was between 4.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Leopold III becomes King of Belgium.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
May 21 » Oskaloosa, Iowa, becomes the first municipality in the United States to fingerprint all of its citizens.
June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
July 20 » Labor unrest in the U.S.: Police in Minneapolis fire upon striking truck drivers, during the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934, killing two and wounding sixty-seven.
November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
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