The temperature on October 9, 1895 was about 12.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.
April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
June 11 » Paris–Bordeaux–Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
Day of marriage December 31, 1947
The temperature on December 31, 1947 was between -6.0 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged -1.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » Christian Dior unveils a "New Look", helping Paris regain its position as the capital of the fashion world.
February 12 » The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
March 1 » The International Monetary Fund begins financial operations.
August 15 » Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
August 15 » India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
December 2 » Jerusalem Riots of 1947: Riots break out in Jerusalem in response to the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.
Day of death October 5, 1960
The temperature on October 5, 1960 was between 12.6 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cameroon achieves independence from France and the United Kingdom.
February 8 » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name Mountbatten-Windsor.
March 22 » Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
November 8 » John F. Kennedy is elected as the 35th President of the United States.
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