The temperature on November 24, 1889 was about 8.7 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 40 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death June 2, 1952
The temperature on June 2, 1952 was between 11.0 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
February 26 » Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.
March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
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