The temperature on September 21, 1889 was about 9.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage July 22, 1911
The temperature on July 22, 1911 was between 14.5 °C and 31.1 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first official flight with airmail takes place from Allahabad, United Provinces, British India (now India), when Henri Pequet, a 23-year-old pilot, delivers 6,500 letters to Naini, about 10 kilometres (6.2mi) away.
March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
November 19 » The Doom Bar in Cornwall claimed two ships, Island Maid and Angele, the latter killing the entire crew except the captain.
Day of death February 10, 1969
The temperature on February 10, 1969 was between -4.9 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
March 18 » The United States begins secretly bombing the Sihanouk Trail in Cambodia, used by communist forces to infiltrate South Vietnam.
June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
October 8 » The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
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