The temperature on December 2, 1889 was about -5.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of marriage May 21, 1919
The temperature on May 21, 1919 was between 6.5 °C and 21.1 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 13.9 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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 18 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
June 2 » Anarchists simultaneously set off bombs in eight separate U.S. cities.
September 18 » The Netherlands gives women the right to vote.
December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death February 18, 1975
The temperature on February 18, 1975 was between 2.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 28 » In London, an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
March 26 » The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
June 1 » The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others.
June 26 » Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota; Leonard Peltier is later convicted of the murders in a controversial trial.
September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
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