The temperature on December 5, 1889 was about -0.1 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of marriage July 17, 1924
The temperature on July 17, 1924 was between 12.1 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
March 25 » On the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiou proclaims the Second Hellenic Republic.
May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
October 7 » Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes prime minister of Greece for a short period of time.
Day of death February 21, 1959
The temperature on February 21, 1959 was between 3.1 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 19 » The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
July 1 » Specific values for the international yard, avoirdupois pound and derived units (e.g. inch, mile and ounce) are adopted after agreement between the US, the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries.
August 3 » Portugal's state police force PIDE fires upon striking workers in Bissau, Portuguese Guinea, killing over 50 people.
August 11 » Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
August 21 » United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day.
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