The temperature on September 10, 1893 was about 12.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. 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.
March 1 » Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
June 20 » Lizzie Borden is acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of marriage January 12, 1923
The temperature on January 12, 1923 was between -0.4 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
March 20 » The Arts Club of Chicago hosts the opening of Pablo Picasso's first United States showing, entitled Original Drawings by Pablo Picasso, becoming an early proponent of modern art in the United States.
June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
July 24 » The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.
October 13 » Ankara becomes the capital of Turkey.
Day of death April 26, 1961
The temperature on April 26, 1961 was between 8.6 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (10%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
February 13 » An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
April 11 » The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
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