The temperature on January 24, 1890 was about 6.5 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage October 25, 1909
The temperature on October 25, 1909 was between 3.2 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 23 » The AEA Silver Dart makes the first powered flight in Canada and the British Empire.
April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
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