The temperature on January 23, 1889 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
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 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death October 8, 1966
The temperature on October 8, 1966 was between 9.4 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
February 3 » The Soviet Union's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the Moon, and the first spacecraft to take pictures from the surface of the Moon.
July 1 » The first color television transmission in Canada takes place from Toronto.
October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.
October 22 » The Supremes become the first all-female music group to attain a No. 1 selling album (The Supremes A' Go-Go).
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