The temperature on December 11, 1889 was about 1.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
Day of death May 10, 1962
The temperature on May 10, 1962 was between 7.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 12 » Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
June 14 » The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
July 11 » First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
September 27 » Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring is published, inspiring an environmental movement and the creation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
December 7 » Prince Rainier III of Monaco revises the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils.
December 9 » The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
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