The temperature on January 25, 1895 was about 1.1 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
February 24 » Revolution breaks out in Baire, a town near Santiago de Cuba, beginning the Cuban War of Independence, that ends with the Spanish–American War in 1898.
March 15 » Heian Shrine is founded.
April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
December 28 » The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines.
Day of marriage October 12, 1920
The temperature on October 12, 1920 was between 3.5 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
January 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
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 October 29, 1959
The temperature on October 29, 1959 was between 0.8 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
May 30 » The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.
August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
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