The temperature on October 5, 1889 was about 11.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
Day of marriage August 16, 1916
The temperature on August 16, 1916 was between 12.2 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
April 24 » Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
September 15 » World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme.
Day of death November 19, 1965
The temperature on November 19, 1965 was between -1.9 °C and 1.7 °C and averaged 0.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
April 29 » Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
July 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
August 4 » The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
December 7 » Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.
December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
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