The temperature on February 24, 1865 was about 6.3 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
January 2 » Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ends as the Brazilians and Coloradans capture Paysandú, Uruguay.
April 12 » American Civil War: Mobile, Alabama, falls to the Union Army.
June 28 » The Army of the Potomac is disbanded.
July 7 » Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged.
July 21 » In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first western showdown.
December 2 » Alabama ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed by North Carolina then Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks
Day of marriage November 1, 1893
The temperature on November 1, 1893 was about 1.8 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
July 22 » Katharine Lee Bates writes "America the Beautiful" after admiring the view from the top of Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
December 23 » The opera Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck is first performed.
Day of death April 29, 1948
The temperature on April 29, 1948 was between 6.7 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 1 » Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
April 3 » In Jeju Province, South Korea, a civil-war-like period of violence and human rights abuses begins, known as the Jeju uprising.
April 30 » In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
September 18 » Operation Polo is terminated after the Indian Army accepts the surrender of the army of Hyderabad.
November 1 » Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.
December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.
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