The temperature on December 7, 1889 was about -4.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
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 May 15, 1915
The temperature on May 15, 1915 was between 0.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
June 29 » The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
July 7 » Colombo Town Guard officer Henry Pedris is executed in British Ceylon for allegedly inciting persecution of Muslims.
July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
September 25 » World War I: The Second Battle of Champagne begins.
October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.
Day of death November 9, 1965
The temperature on November 9, 1965 was between 1.7 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 29 » Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
June 19 » Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
October 15 » Vietnam War: A draft card is burned during an anti-war rally by the Catholic Worker Movement, resulting in the first arrest under a new law.
November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
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