The temperature on January 21, 1895 was about 5.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
April 24 » Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handedly around the world, sets sail from Boston, Massachusetts aboard the sloop "Spray".
May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Day of marriage August 24, 1921
The temperature on August 24, 1921 was between 8.7 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
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