The temperature on April 7, 1889 was about 5.4 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage April 17, 1913
The temperature on April 17, 1913 was between 1.2 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
December 24 » The Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, Michigan results in the deaths of 73 Christmas party participants (including 59 children) when someone falsely yells "fire".
Day of death December 4, 1970
The temperature on December 4, 1970 was between 0.7 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 18.5 mm of rain during 11.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 21 » The first Earth Day proclamation is issued by Joseph Alioto, Mayor of San Francisco.
April 10 » Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
September 11 » The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
November 12 » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
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