The temperature on April 22, 1889 was about 10.4 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 76%. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of marriage October 19, 1912
The temperature on October 19, 1912 was between 4.2 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
November 7 » The Deutsche Opernhaus (now Deutsche Oper Berlin) opens in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg, with a production of Beethoven's Fidelio.
Day of death February 13, 1954
The temperature on February 13, 1954 was between 4.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
August 10 » At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.
December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.
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