The temperature on February 10, 1889 was about -1.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
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.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of death October 2, 1962
The temperature on October 2, 1962 was between 14.2 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 23.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
February 16 » Flooding in the coastal areas of West Germany kills 315 and destroys the homes of about 60,000 people.
July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.
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