The temperature on March 21, 1889 was about 7.3 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
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.
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.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of marriage January 9, 1913
The temperature on January 9, 1913 was between -1.5 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 16 » Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMSQueen Mary.
December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit system.
Day of death October 4, 1936
The temperature on October 4, 1936 was between 1.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
March 16 » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
June 11 » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
July 22 » Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
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