The temperature on March 22, 1889 was about 1.4 °C. The air pressure was 24 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 82%. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
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 April 9, 1912
The temperature on April 9, 1912 was between 0.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death January 31, 1957
The temperature on January 31, 1957 was between 6.6 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 10.0 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Lèse majesté in Thailand was strengthened to include "insult" and changed to a crime against national security, after Thai criminal code of 1956 went into effect.
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
March 8 » Egypt re-opens the Suez Canal after the Suez Crisis.
April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
July 1 » The International Geophysical Year begins.
September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
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