The temperature on June 26, 1889 was about 25.5 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 45%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
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.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
Day of marriage June 3, 1916
The temperature on June 3, 1916 was between 3.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 10.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 24 » In Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co., the Supreme Court of the United States declares the federal income tax constitutional.
April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
August 25 » The United States National Park Service is created.
November 7 » Jeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to the United States Congress.
December 6 » World War I: The Central Powers capture Bucharest.
Day of death November 5, 1937
The temperature on November 5, 1937 was between 0.5 °C and 10.2 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (74%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
May 30 » Memorial Day massacre: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.
September 10 » Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
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