The temperature on May 13, 1889 was about 19.1 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of death October 16, 1914
The temperature on October 16, 1914 was between 5.5 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
November 23 » Mexican Revolution: The last of U.S. forces withdraw from Veracruz, occupied seven months earlier in response to the Tampico Affair.
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