The temperature on July 13, 1889 was about 15.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death October 25, 1898
The temperature on October 25, 1898 was about 12.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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