The temperature on January 9, 1890 was about 6.4 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage August 24, 1923
The temperature on August 24, 1923 was between 11.8 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
June 18 » Checker Taxi puts its first taxi on the streets.
August 23 » Captain Lowell Smith and Lieutenant John P. Richter performed the first mid-air refueling on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an endurance flight record of 37 hours.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
September 26 » The German government accepts the occupation of the Ruhr.
September 29 » The British Mandate for Palestine takes effect, creating Mandatory Palestine.
October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
Day of death March 17, 1965
The temperature on March 17, 1965 was between 4.5 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » Malcolm X is assassinated while giving a talk at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem.
March 2 » The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
June 3 » The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.
September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
December 22 » In the United Kingdom, a 70mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time.
Day of burial March 20, 1965
The temperature on March 20, 1965 was between -1.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain during 8.8 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
March 23 » NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
June 7 » The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, prohibiting the states from criminalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
June 18 » Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
December 9 » Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh.
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