The temperature on August 14, 1889 was about 17.8 °C. The air pressure was 28 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
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 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage December 11, 1912
The temperature on December 11, 1912 was between 6.1 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
May 4 » Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.
May 8 » Paramount Pictures is founded.
August 6 » The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Day of death November 2, 1960
The temperature on November 2, 1960 was between 8.3 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 1 » Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
July 8 » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
August 19 » Sputnik program: Korabl-Sputnik 2: The Soviet Union launches the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats and a variety of plants.
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