The temperature on April 9, 1889 was about 12.2 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
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."
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of marriage April 23, 1917
The temperature on April 23, 1917 was between -0.6 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
June 11 » King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens.
December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.
Day of death June 24, 1966
The temperature on June 24, 1966 was between 10.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.
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