The temperature on August 25, 1889 was about 13.5 °C. There was 8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
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.
Day of death January 21, 1962
The temperature on January 21, 1962 was between 8.8 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 13.3 mm of rain during 7.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » An avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes around 4,000 deaths.
June 2 » During the FIFA World Cup, police had to intervene multiple times in fights between Chilean and Italian players in one of the most violent games in football history.
August 5 » American actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead at her home from a drug overdose.
August 16 » Pete Best is discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
October 25 » Cuban Missile Crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows the United Nations Security Council reconnaissance photographs of Soviet ballistic missiles in Cuba.
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