The temperature on May 20, 1889 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
July 8 » The first issue of The Wall Street Journal is published.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
Day of marriage November 14, 1913
The temperature on November 14, 1913 was between 2.1 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
Day of death December 23, 1967
The temperature on December 23, 1967 was between 8.8 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 34.5 mm of rain during 9.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
January 29 » The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
July 1 » Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
July 29 » Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USSForrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
August 30 » Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
October 4 » Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
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