The temperature on December 10, 1889 was about 3.7 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
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.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death November 10, 1947
The temperature on November 10, 1947 was between 8.2 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The only mutiny in the history of the Royal New Zealand Navy begins.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
August 2 » A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
October 26 » Kashmir conflict: The Maharaja of Kashmir and Jammu signs the Instrument of Accession with India.
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