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
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of marriage May 20, 1916
The temperature on May 20, 1916 was between 3.8 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
November 7 » Woodrow Wilson is reelected as President of the United States.
November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.
Day of death November 11, 1944
The temperature on November 11, 1944 was between 1.4 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
January 31 » World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
February 22 » World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog.
March 5 » World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani Offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR.
March 30 » Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
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