The temperature on October 12, 1789 was about 10.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
February 4 » George Washington is unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College.
April 7 » Selim III became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
May 5 » In France, the Estates-General convenes for the first time since 1614.
July 10 » Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Mackenzie River delta.
July 12 » In response to the dismissal of the French finance minister Jacques Necker, the radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gives a speech which results in the storming of the Bastille two days later.
November 21 » North Carolina ratifies the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 12th U.S. state.
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