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.
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of marriage September 4, 1924
The temperature on September 4, 1924 was between 12.4 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
March 3 » The 407-year-old Islamic caliphate is abolished, when Caliph Abdülmecid II of the Ottoman Caliphate is deposed. The last remnant of the old regime gives way to the reformed Turkey of Kemal Atatürk.
April 15 » Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
May 8 » The Klaipėda Convention is signed formally incorporating Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory) into Lithuania.
September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
Day of death November 18, 1941
The temperature on November 18, 1941 was between 5.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 29 » Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
April 1 » A military coup in Iraq overthrows the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installs Rashid Ali al-Gaylani as Prime Minister.
June 3 » World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.
June 8 » World War II: The Allies commence the Syria-Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.
September 17 » World War II: A decree of the Soviet State Committee of Defense restores compulsory military training.
December 10 » World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMSPrince of Wales and HMSRepulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
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