The temperature on September 23, 1893 was about 10.3 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.
July 11 » The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kōkichi Mikimoto.
August 1 » Henry Perky patents shredded wheat.
August 27 » The Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near Savannah, Georgia, killing between 1,000–2,000 people.
December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of death July 26, 1955
The temperature on July 26, 1955 was between 13.1 °C and 23.0 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Following the assassination of the Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera, his deputy, José Ramón Guizado, takes power, but is quickly deposed after his involvement in Cantera's death is discovered.
January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
February 8 » The Government of Sindh, Pakistan, abolishes the Jagirdari system in the province. One million acres (4000km) of land thus acquired is to be distributed among the landless peasants.
April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
November 19 » National Review publishes its first issue.
December 8 » The Flag of Europe is adopted by Council of Europe.
Day of burial July 29, 1955
The temperature on July 29, 1955 was between 14.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
May 14 » Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
December 20 » Cardiff is proclaimed the capital city of Wales, United Kingdom.
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