The temperature on October 31, 1890 was about 8.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of marriage January 20, 1919
The temperature on January 20, 1919 was between -2.2 and 2.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 6 » The five-day Seattle General Strike begins, as more than 65,000 workers in the city of Seattle, Washington, walk off the job.
February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
Day of death October 12, 1951
The temperature on October 12, 1951 was between 2.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
April 29 » Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
May 16 » The first regularly scheduled transatlantic flights begin between Idlewild Airport (now John F Kennedy International Airport) in New York City and Heathrow Airport in London, operated by El Al Israel Airlines.
October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.
October 20 » The "Johnny Bright incident" occurs in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
December 31 » Cold War: The Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than US$13.3 billion in foreign aid to rebuild Western Europe.
Day of burial October 17, 1951
The temperature on October 17, 1951 was between -1.3 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
February 13 » Korean War: Battle of Chipyong-ni, which represented the "high-water mark" of the Chinese incursion into South Korea, commences.
March 14 » Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
May 3 » London's Royal Festival Hall opens with the Festival of Britain.
July 10 » Korean War: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong.
November 1 » Operation Buster–Jangle: Six thousand five hundred American soldiers are exposed to 'Desert Rock' atomic explosions for training purposes in Nevada. Participation is not voluntary.
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