The temperature on June 24, 1789 was about 16.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
July 15 » Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, is named by acclamation Colonel General of the new National Guard of Paris.
September 2 » The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
November 20 » New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
Christening day June 28, 1789
The temperature on June 28, 1789 was about 14.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
April 21 » George Washington's reception at Trenton is hosted by the Ladies of Trenton as he journeys to New York City for his first inauguration.
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
September 24 » The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
September 25 » The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the Bill of Rights, the (unratified) Congressional Apportionment Amendment, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment.
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