The temperature on May 29, 1890 was about 15.0 °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 72%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage November 4, 1912
The temperature on November 4, 1912 was between -1.4 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
May 5 » Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, begins publication in Saint Petersburg.
May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
Day of death June 26, 1966
The temperature on June 26, 1966 was between 13.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 30 » The Church of Satan is formed in The Black House, San Francisco.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
September 6 » Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd, the architect of apartheid, is stabbed to death in Cape Town, South Africa during a parliamentary meeting.
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
November 28 » Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
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