The temperature on July 16, 1889 was about 13.5 °C. There was 6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
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 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage May 17, 1915
The temperature on May 17, 1915 was between 5.0 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Day of death January 19, 1949
The temperature on January 19, 1949 was between 7.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
March 8 » President of France Vincent Auriol and ex-emperor of Annam Bảo Đại sign the Élysée Accords, giving Vietnam greater independence from France and creating the State of Vietnam to oppose Viet Minh-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
May 12 » Cold War: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin.
September 30 » The Berlin Airlift ends.
October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
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