The temperature on November 3, 1889 was about 8.9 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
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 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
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 April 7, 1979
The temperature on April 7, 1979 was between -1.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (65%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
February 7 » Pluto moves inside Neptune's orbit for the first time since either was discovered.
April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
July 9 » A car bomb destroys a Renault motor car owned by "Nazi hunters" Serge and Beate Klarsfeld outside their home in France in an unsuccessful assassination attempt.
August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
October 1 » Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
Day of burial April 10, 1979
The temperature on April 10, 1979 was between 7.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
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.
February 14 » In Kabul, Setami Milli militants kidnap the American ambassador to Afghanistan, Adolph Dubs who is later killed during a gunfight between his kidnappers and police.
March 8 » Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time.
June 2 » Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
July 12 » The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
December 3 » Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
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