The temperature on March 10, 1889 was about 4.2 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
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.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
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.
Day of death July 26, 1911
The temperature on July 26, 1911 was between 15.9 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
January 15 » Palestinian Arabic-language Falastin newspaper founded.
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.
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