The temperature on November 16, 1889 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
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.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death February 16, 1952
The temperature on February 16, 1952 was between -7 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
April 28 » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
May 7 » The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer.
November 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent.
November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
December 20 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
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