The temperature on August 12, 1890 was about 17.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of death January 5, 1958
The temperature on January 5, 1958 was between 0.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
July 9 » A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
October 11 » NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
Day of burial January 7, 1958
The temperature on January 7, 1958 was between 0.2 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today.
May 22 » The 1958 riots in Ceylon become a watershed in the race relations of various ethnic communities of Sri Lanka. The total deaths is estimated at 300, mostly Tamils.
July 7 » US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into law.
August 23 » Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.
December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
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