The temperature on February 14, 1889 was about 1.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 36 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Day of marriage August 7, 1911
The temperature on August 7, 1911 was between 11.9 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of death September 5, 1960
The temperature on September 5, 1960 was between 7.0 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
February 16 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSTriton begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
November 25 » The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
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