The temperature on August 16, 1889 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of death January 4, 1944
The temperature on January 4, 1944 was between -1.2 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 7.6 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
February 22 » World War II: American aircraft mistakenly bomb the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
June 13 » World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan.
October 19 » United States forces land in the Philippines.
October 21 » World War II: The Nemmersdorf massacre against the German civilians takes place.
December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
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