The temperature on January 15, 1890 was about 7.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Day of marriage December 28, 1911
The temperature on December 28, 1911 was between -0.3 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
August 21 » The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee.
August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
September 24 » His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
Day of death July 24, 1964
The temperature on July 24, 1964 was between 11.1 °C and 22.1 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
November 3 » Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
November 21 » Second Vatican Council: The third session of the Roman Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.
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