The temperature on August 17, 1889 was about 18.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
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 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of marriage May 14, 1921
The temperature on May 14, 1921 was between 8.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 8 » Spanish Prime Minister Eduardo Dato Iradier is assassinated while exiting the parliament building in Madrid.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
Day of death November 21, 1967
The temperature on November 21, 1967 was between -3.6 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 27 » Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
April 21 » A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
April 28 » Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
July 1 » Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
November 15 » The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
December 13 » Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
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