The temperature on July 18, 1890 was about 15.7 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of marriage September 12, 1918
The temperature on September 12, 1918 was between 8.9 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 20.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
August 13 » Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist.
September 10 » Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
Day of death January 16, 1942
The temperature on January 16, 1942 was between -10.1 °C and -3.3 °C and averaged -7.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 24 » An order-in-council passed under the Defence of Canada Regulations of the War Measures Act gives the Canadian federal government the power to intern all "persons of Japanese racial origin".
March 14 » Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
April 18 » Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.
April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
November 10 » World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.
December 24 » World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
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