The temperature on February 23, 1890 was about -1.2 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of death December 31, 1952
The temperature on December 31, 1952 was between -3.0 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain during 13.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
July 3 » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the United States Congress.
September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
November 29 » Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
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