The temperature on January 14, 1889 was about -1.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of marriage October 7, 1914
The temperature on October 7, 1914 was between 1.3 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
May 17 » The Protocol of Corfu is signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albanian sovereignty.
June 12 » Massacre of Phocaea: Turkish irregulars slaughter 50 to 100 Greeks and expel thousands of others in an ethnic cleansing operation in the Ottoman Empire.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.
Day of death August 5, 1977
The temperature on August 5, 1977 was between 11.7 °C and 24.3 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 11.6 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 18 » SFR Yugoslavia's Prime minister, Džemal Bijedić, his wife and six others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
May 25 » Star Wars (retroactively titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is released in theaters.
June 7 » Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television.
August 10 » In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.
September 7 » The 300-metre-tall CKVR-DT transmission tower in Barrie, Ontario, Canada, is hit by a light aircraft in a fog, causing it to collapse. All aboard the aircraft are killed.
November 19 » TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes in the Madeira Islands, killing 131.
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