The temperature on April 30, 1890 was about 9.9 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
Day of marriage May 24, 1913
The temperature on May 24, 1913 was between 9.5 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
Day of death December 24, 1961
The temperature on December 24, 1961 was between -8.6 °C and -3.6 °C and averaged -6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
April 9 » The Pacific Electric Railway in Los Angeles, once the largest electric railway in the world, ends operations.
July 19 » Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
July 21 » Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 4 Mission: Gus Grissom piloting Liberty Bell 7 becomes the second American to go into space (in a suborbital mission).
September 12 » The African and Malagasy Union is founded.
September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
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