The temperature on February 25, 1892 was about 4.7 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 1 » Ellis Island begins processing immigrants into the United States.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
July 4 » Western Samoa changes the International Date Line, causing Monday (July 4) to occur twice, resulting in a year with 367 days.
July 8 » St. John's, Newfoundland is devastated in the Great Fire of 1892.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of marriage June 16, 1921
The temperature on June 16, 1921 was between 6.8 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
July 22 » Rif War: The Spanish Army suffers its worst military defeat in modern times to the Berbers of the Rif region of Spanish Morocco.
October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death January 26, 1957
The temperature on January 26, 1957 was between 1.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Thirty-four people are killed when a Vickers Viking airliner crashes in Hampshire, England.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
November 8 » Pan Am Flight 7 disappears between San Francisco and Honolulu. Wreckage and bodies are discovered a week later.
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