The temperature on May 20, 1889 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of marriage June 24, 1914
The temperature on June 24, 1914 was between 9.3 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 5 » The Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and minimum daily wage of $5 in salary plus bonuses.
May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
September 16 » World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
October 18 » The Schoenstatt Movement is founded in Germany.
Day of death June 22, 1962
The temperature on June 22, 1962 was between 13.0 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
July 23 » Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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