The temperature on January 20, 1890 was about 4.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of marriage January 9, 1919
The temperature on January 9, 1919 was between 2.3 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
October 17 » RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America.
Day of death May 29, 1952
The temperature on May 29, 1952 was between 3.9 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
May 2 » A De Havilland Comet makes the first jetliner flight with fare-paying passengers, from London to Johannesburg.
August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
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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