The temperature on October 20, 1889 was about 14.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
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 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of marriage January 21, 1920
The temperature on January 21, 1920 was between 3.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
Day of death May 9, 1955
The temperature on May 9, 1955 was between 8.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
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