The temperature on April 9, 1865 was about 13.5 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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 25 » American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily capture Fort Stedman from the Union.
May 9 » American Civil War: Nathan Bedford Forrest surrenders his forces at Gainesville, Alabama.
May 10 » American Civil War: In Kentucky, Union soldiers ambush and mortally wound Confederate raider William Quantrill, who lingers until his death on June 6.
July 30 » The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
October 11 » Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
November 10 » Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.
Day of marriage March 5, 1889
The temperature on March 5, 1889 was about -2.1 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of death August 16, 1935
The temperature on August 16, 1935 was between 9.1 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » USSMacon, one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
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 15 » Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
September 15 » The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship.
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.
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