The temperature on December 19, 1890 was about -1.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
July 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
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 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
Day of marriage October 29, 1914
The temperature on October 29, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
August 25 » World War I: Japan declares war on Austria-Hungary.
November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
November 7 » The first issue of The New Republic is published.
Day of death May 26, 1948
The temperature on May 26, 1948 was between 8.7 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
April 1 » Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
May 23 » Thomas C. Wasson, the US Consul-General, is assassinated in Jerusalem, Israel.
June 16 » Members of the Malayan Communist Party kill three British plantation managers in Sungai Siput; in response, British Malaya declares a state of emergency.
August 25 » The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
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