The temperature on April 18, 1889 was about 10.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
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.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of marriage July 6, 1923
The temperature on July 6, 1923 was between 14.0 °C and 29.6 °C and averaged 22.5 °C. There was 13.0 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
August 2 » Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
October 6 » The Turkish National Movement enters Constantinople.
Day of death November 16, 1968
The temperature on November 16, 1968 was between -4.9 °C and -0.7 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Battle of Karameh in Jordan between the Israel Defense Forces and the combined forces of the Jordanian Armed Forces and PLO.
July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
July 20 » The first International Special Olympics Summer Games are held at Soldier Field in Chicago, with about 1,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities.
August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
October 5 » A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
October 14 » Jim Hines becomes the first man ever to break the so-called "ten-second barrier" in the 100-meter sprint with a time of 9.95 seconds.
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