The temperature on December 27, 1789 was about 5.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Georgetown College, the first Catholic university in the United States, is founded in Georgetown, Maryland (now a part of Washington, D.C.).
April 30 » On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
June 8 » James Madison introduces twelve proposed amendments to the United States Constitution in Congress.
June 14 » Mutiny on the Bounty: HMSBounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400km (4,600mi) journey in an open boat.
July 27 » The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (it will be later renamed Department of State).
August 28 » William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
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