The temperature on August 12, 1890 was about 17.3 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
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.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 30 » Following the Wounded Knee Massacre, the United States Army and Lakota warriors face off in the Drexel Mission Fight.
Day of marriage July 18, 1912
The temperature on July 18, 1912 was between 11.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
Day of death August 11, 1978
The temperature on August 11, 1978 was between 9.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
July 7 » The Solomon Islands becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
August 10 » Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.
August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.
September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
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