The temperature on June 23, 1889 was about 16.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
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.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
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 29, 1980
The temperature on March 29, 1980 was between 5.6 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 7.0 mm of rain during 7.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
March 18 » A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
May 27 » The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
September 18 » Soyuz 38 carries two cosmonauts (including one Cuban) to the Salyut 6 space station.
October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.
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