The temperature on November 28, 1889 was about 2.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
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.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
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.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of marriage November 19, 1910
The temperature on November 19, 1910 was between -2.4 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
May 31 » The South Africa Act comes into force, establishing the Union of South Africa.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
October 15 » Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
October 21 » HMSNiobe arrives in Halifax Harbour to become the first ship of the Royal Canadian Navy.
Day of death July 4, 1972
The temperature on July 4, 1972 was between 14.0 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 26 » JAT Fight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
March 2 » The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
August 16 » In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
August 22 » Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
December 11 » Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon.
December 14 » Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon, after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final extravehicular activity (EVA) of the Apollo 17 mission.
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