The temperature on April 27, 1889 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
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."
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death August 28, 1963
The temperature on August 28, 1963 was between 8.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 21 » The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
July 12 » Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
August 18 » Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
August 31 » Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self governance.
October 10 » France cedes control of the Bizerte naval base to Tunisia.
November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
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