The temperature on September 20, 1889 was about 12.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
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.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage September 26, 1918
The temperature on September 26, 1918 was between 7.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
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.
June 8 » A solar eclipse is observed at Baker City, Oregon by scientists and an artist hired by the United States Navy.
September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
October 31 » World War I: The Aster Revolution terminates the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, and Hungary achieves full sovereignty.
November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
Day of death May 9, 1953
The temperature on May 9, 1953 was between 4.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 13 » An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
August 12 » The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
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