The temperature on January 4, 1890 was about 3.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage May 16, 1918
The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
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 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
June 24 » First airmail service in Canada from Montreal to Toronto.
August 11 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
October 4 » World War I: An explosion kills more than 100 people and destroys a Shell Loading Plant in New Jersey.
October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
Day of death October 26, 1964
The temperature on October 26, 1964 was between 3.0 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 17 » Gabonese president Léon M'ba is toppled by a coup and his rival, Jean-Hilaire Aubame, is installed in his place.
June 19 » The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
July 2 » Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places.
August 5 » Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USSTiconderoga and USSConstellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
October 1 » The Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.
November 28 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
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