The temperature on October 2, 1889 was about 12.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
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 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage May 20, 1914
The temperature on May 20, 1914 was between 8.5 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
November 5 » World War I: France and the British Empire declare war on the Ottoman Empire.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
December 24 » World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
Day of death March 28, 1983
The temperature on March 28, 1983 was between -0.2 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 27 » The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
April 25 » Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
December 19 » The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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