The temperature on April 8, 1889 was about 13.2 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. Source: KNMI
April 22 » At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of marriage January 25, 1912
The temperature on January 25, 1912 was between 1.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 13 » The Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, is established in the United Kingdom.
September 25 » Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death October 31, 1956
The temperature on October 31, 1956 was between -1.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 30 » African-American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.'s home is bombed in retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
May 24 » The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland.
June 11 » Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
December 28 » Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling, Malaya to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.
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