The temperature on March 30, 1789 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
September 22 » The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
September 29 » The 1st United States Congress adjourns.
September 29 » The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
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