The temperature on January 15, 1890 was about 7.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
Day of marriage December 30, 1919
The temperature on December 30, 1919 was between 8.4 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
Day of death August 4, 1976
The temperature on August 4, 1976 was between 10.0 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 5 » In China, the April Fifth Movement leads to the Tiananmen Incident.
May 6 » The 6.5 Mw Friuli earthquake affected Northern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), leaving 900–978 dead and 1,700–2,400 injured.
July 25 » Viking program: Viking 1 takes the famous Face on Mars photo.
August 18 » In the Korean Demilitarized Zone at Panmunjom, the Axe murder incident results in the death of two US soldiers.
December 2 » Fidel Castro becomes President of Cuba, replacing Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado.
December 3 » An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica just two days before the "Smile Jamaica", a free concert.
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