The temperature on August 28, 1889 was about 14.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Day of death October 24, 1971
The temperature on October 24, 1971 was between 5.3 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Cold War: the Seabed Arms Control Treaty opened for signature outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
August 27 » An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
October 21 » A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland.
November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
November 28 » Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
Day of burial October 28, 1971
The temperature on October 28, 1971 was between 1.3 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 2 » The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
February 3 » New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.
February 9 » Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
April 1 » Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
September 15 » The first Greenpeace ship sets sail to protest against nuclear testing on Amchitka Island.
December 14 » Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
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