The temperature on March 16, 1889 was about 0.9 °C. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of marriage August 15, 1917
The temperature on August 15, 1917 was between 13.8 °C and 20.5 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (46%). 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.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
February 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
October 26 » First World War: Brazil declares war on the Central Powers.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Day of death February 2, 1962
The temperature on February 2, 1962 was between -1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » French President Charles de Gaulle calls for Algeria to be granted independence.
February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
March 29 » Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11⁄2 day constitutional crisis.
August 27 » The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to Venus by NASA.
August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
October 9 » Uganda becomes an independent Commonwealth realm.
Day of burial February 9, 1962
The temperature on February 9, 1962 was between -1.5 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
February 10 » Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
July 6 » The Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, airs on RTÉ One for the first time.
July 8 » Ne Win besieges and dynamites the Rangoon University Student Union building to crush the Student Movement.
August 11 » Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
August 31 » Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
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