The temperature on October 4, 1889 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
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.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
Day of marriage May 27, 1925
The temperature on May 27, 1925 was between 9.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
September 17 » Frida Kahlo suffers near-fatal injuries in a bus accident in Mexico, causing her to abandon her medical studies and take up art.
Day of death May 3, 1962
The temperature on May 3, 1962 was between 3.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Highly influential artist Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, for Columbia Records.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
September 13 » An appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, the first African-American student admitted to the segregated university.
October 20 » China launches simultaneous offensives in Ladakh and across the McMahon Line, igniting the Sino-Indian War.
October 27 » An aircraft carrying Enrico Mattei, post-war Italian administrator, crashes in mysterious circumstances.
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