January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Day of marriage July 12, 1911
The temperature on July 12, 1911 was between 12.2 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
April 2 » The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
November 17 » Omega Psi Phi fraternity was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Day of death September 22, 1966
The temperature on September 22, 1966 was between 6.9 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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