The temperature on August 23, 1889 was about 16.2 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 22 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of marriage January 17, 1911
The temperature on January 17, 1911 was between -4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
September 1 » The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of death November 18, 1956
The temperature on November 18, 1956 was between 0.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
May 1 » The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.
July 30 » A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God We Trust as the U.S. national motto.
October 26 » Hungarian Revolution: In the towns of Mosonmagyaróvár and Esztergom, Hungarian secret police forces massacre civilians. As rebel strongholds in Budapest hold, fighting spreads throughout the country.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
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