The temperature on January 4, 1890 was about 3.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
Day of marriage January 11, 1923
The temperature on January 11, 1923 was between 2.7 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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
April 28 » Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
September 13 » Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Day of death November 11, 1980
The temperature on November 11, 1980 was between 2.6 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
November 23 » The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.
Day of burial November 15, 1980
The temperature on November 15, 1980 was between 6.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 15.5 mm of rain during 17.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
October 25 » Proceedings on the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction conclude.
November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
November 23 » The 6.9 Mw Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.
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