The temperature on July 25, 1865 was about 22.0 °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 74%. 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 18 » American Civil War: The Congress of the Confederate States adjourns for the last time.
April 26 » Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, in Virginia.
April 27 » The New York State Senate creates Cornell University as the state's land grant institution.
May 12 » American Civil War: The Battle of Palmito Ranch: The first day of the last major land action to take place during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory.
May 25 » In Mobile, Alabama, around 300 people are killed when an ordnance depot explodes.
December 5 » Chincha Islands War: Peru allies with Chile against Spain.
Day of death March 25, 1947
The temperature on March 25, 1947 was between 0.4 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 22 » KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
April 6 » The first Tony Awards are presented for theatrical achievement.
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
October 14 » Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to exceed the speed of sound.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
November 17 » American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observe the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronics revolution of the 20th century.
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