The temperature on May 19, 1890 was about 20.4 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Day of marriage February 22, 1912
The temperature on February 22, 1912 was between -2.1 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
Day of death March 23, 1956
The temperature on March 23, 1956 was between 4.2 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
April 2 » As the World Turns and The Edge of Night premiere on CBS. The two soaps become the first daytime dramas to debut in the 30-minute format.
August 6 » After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
October 28 » Hungarian Revolution: A de facto ceasefire comes into effect between armed revolutionaries and Soviet troops, who begin to withdraw from Budapest. Communist officials and facilities come under attack by revolutionaries.
October 29 » Suez Crisis begins: Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal.
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