The temperature on January 26, 1889 was about 6.7 °C. The air pressure was 34 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of marriage February 26, 1915
The temperature on February 26, 1915 was between -4.5 °C and 6.1 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
February 12 » In Washington, D.C., the first stone of the Lincoln Memorial is put into place.
March 20 » Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
April 18 » French pilot Roland Garros is shot down and glides to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I.
May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
November 25 » Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
Day of death March 2, 1967
The temperature on March 2, 1967 was between 4.5 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
January 27 » Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
May 13 » Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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