The temperature on February 19, 1889 was about 6.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of death March 21, 1961
The temperature on March 21, 1961 was between -0.6 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
August 25 » President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
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