The temperature on May 21, 1889 was about 21.9 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 56%. Source: KNMI
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of death January 10, 1971
The temperature on January 10, 1971 was between -0.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 21 » The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
February 5 » Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
February 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
July 30 » An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Day of burial January 13, 1971
The temperature on January 13, 1971 was between -0.8 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 2 » Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
March 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
April 17 » The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed.
May 1 » Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
May 31 » In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
September 13 » State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives.
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