The temperature on June 7, 1890 was about 13.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
Day of marriage January 29, 1920
The temperature on January 29, 1920 was between 3.6 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
October 25 » After 74 days on hunger strike in Brixton Prison, England, the Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork, Terence MacSwiney dies.
November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
Day of death February 25, 1949
The temperature on February 25, 1949 was between 2.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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).
January 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
March 25 » More than 92,000 kulaks are suddenly deported from the Baltic states to Siberia.
July 20 » The Israel–Syria Mixed Armistice Commission brokers the last of four ceasefire agreements to end the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
August 31 » The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece in Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
November 7 » The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), oldest offshore oil platform.
December 10 » Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
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