The temperature on April 14, 1889 was about 5.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of death September 3, 1976
The temperature on September 3, 1976 was between 8.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
March 9 » Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date.
June 16 » Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police open fire on the crowd.
July 4 » The U.S. celebrates its Bicentennial.
July 10 » Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
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