The temperature on August 18, 1889 was about 19.9 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 58%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of marriage August 23, 1915
The temperature on August 23, 1915 was between 7.2 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 18 » Japan issues the "Twenty-One Demands" to the Republic of China in a bid to increase its power in East Asia.
March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
September 12 » French soldiers rescue over 4,000 Armenian Genocide survivors stranded on Musa Dagh.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.
Day of death November 29, 1920
The temperature on November 29, 1920 was between 0.4 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
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