The temperature on February 16, 1890 was about 8.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 61%. Source: KNMI
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.
June 1 » The United States Census Bureau begins using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
November 29 » The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Day of marriage May 8, 1918
The temperature on May 8, 1918 was between 7.3 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 12.8 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
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.
January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
July 12 » The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
November 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.
Day of death March 7, 1970
The temperature on March 7, 1970 was between -3.7 and 3.8 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service for launch customer Pan American Airways with its maiden voyage from John F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
April 1 » President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigarette advertising on television and radio in the United States, effective 1 January 1971.
September 2 » NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
September 30 » Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
October 2 » An aircraft carrying the Wichita State University football team, administrators, and supporters crashes in Colorado, killing 31 people.
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