The temperature on January 7, 1890 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
Day of death June 16, 1958
The temperature on June 16, 1958 was between 8.6 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
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.
October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
November 10 » The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.
December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
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