The temperature on April 23, 1889 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death October 8, 1962
The temperature on October 8, 1962 was between 6.8 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Derveni papyrus, Europe's oldest surviving manuscript dating to 340 BC, is found in northern Greece.
September 12 » President Kennedy delivers his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech at Rice University.
September 20 » James Meredith, an African American, is temporarily barred from entering the University of Mississippi.
September 27 » The Yemen Arab Republic is established.
October 13 » The Pacific Northwest experiences a cyclone the equal of a Cat 3 hurricane, with winds above 150mph. 46 people die.
October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
Day of burial October 11, 1962
The temperature on October 11, 1962 was between 9.2 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 7 » The United States bans all Cuban imports and exports.
August 5 » Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
August 15 » James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
August 16 » Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
October 22 » Cuban Missile Crisis: President Kennedy, after internal counsel from Dwight D. Eisenhower, announces that American reconnaissance planes have discovered Soviet nuclear weapons in Cuba, and that he has ordered a naval "quarantine" of the Communist nation.
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