The temperature on August 22, 1889 was about 18.0 °C. There was 10 mm of rain. The air pressure was 44 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
Day of marriage April 23, 1914
The temperature on April 23, 1914 was between 1.4 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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.
January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.
October 29 » Ottoman entry into World War I.
December 15 » A gas explosion at Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine, in Kyushu, Japan, kills 687.
Day of death April 28, 1959
The temperature on April 28, 1959 was between 3.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » At Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile is accomplished.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
July 21 » NSSavannah, the first nuclear-powered cargo-passenger ship, is launched as a showcase for Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" initiative.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
October 21 » In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
November 23 » French President Charles de Gaulle declares in a speech in Strasbourg his vision for "Europe, from the Atlantic to the Urals".
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