The temperature on March 22, 1890 was about 10.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
March 20 » Prime Minister of the German Empire Otto von Bismarck is dismissed by Emperor Wilhelm II.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
Day of marriage January 3, 1918
The temperature on January 3, 1918 was between -5.7 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 5 » Stephen W. Thompson shoots down a German airplane; this is the first aerial victory by the U.S. military.
July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
August 30 » Fanni Kaplan shoots and seriously injures Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, which along with the assassination of Bolshevik senior official Moisei Uritsky days earlier, prompts the decree for Red Terror.
September 29 » World War I: Bulgaria signs the Armistice of Salonica.
October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
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