The temperature on March 23, 1889 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
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.
Day of marriage September 12, 1911
The temperature on September 12, 1911 was between 9.0 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
August 14 » United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
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