The temperature on August 12, 1787 was about 17.0 °C. There was 66 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Shays's Rebellion: The rebellion's largest confrontation, outside the Springfield Armory, results in the killing of four rebels and the wounding of twenty.
February 3 » Militia led by General Benjamin Lincoln crush the remnants of Shays' Rebellion in Petersham, Massachusetts.
May 13 » Captain Arthur Phillip leaves Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
May 25 » After a delay of 11 days, the United States Constitutional Convention formally convenes in Philadelphia after a quorum of seven states is secured.
June 20 » Oliver Ellsworth moves at the Federal Convention to call the government the 'United States'.
December 18 » New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
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