The temperature on February 3, 1889 was about 5.0 °C. The air pressure was 26 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of marriage February 19, 1925
The temperature on February 19, 1925 was between -1.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
March 21 » The Butler Act prohibits the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
June 16 » The most famous Young Pioneer camp of the Soviet Union, Artek, is established.
Day of death May 12, 1970
The temperature on May 12, 1970 was between 10.8 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
April 26 » The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force.
June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
August 24 » Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
November 4 » Vietnam War: The United States turns over control of the air base at Bình Thủy in the Mekong Delta to South Vietnam.
December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
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