The temperature on December 16, 1889 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of marriage August 28, 1915
The temperature on August 28, 1915 was between 9.0 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
July 28 » The United States begins a 19-year occupation of Haiti.
August 4 » World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Day of death December 21, 1960
The temperature on December 21, 1960 was between 3.3 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 30 » The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
March 5 » Indonesian President Sukarno dismissed the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR), 1955 democratically elected parliament, and replaced with DPR-GR, the parliament of his own selected members.
May 1 » Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra; also known as "Maharashtra Day".
May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
August 7 » Ivory Coast becomes independent from France.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
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