The temperature on March 25, 1889 was about 6.1 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of marriage August 23, 1913
The temperature on August 23, 1913 was between 11.3 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
May 30 » The Treaty of London is signed, ending the First Balkan War; Albania becomes an independent nation.
July 4 » President Woodrow Wilson addresses American Civil War veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
Day of death September 27, 1967
The temperature on September 27, 1967 was between 10.1 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
February 13 » American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
August 24 » Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
September 20 » RMSQueen Elizabeth 2 is launched Clydebank, Scotland.
September 30 » The BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched.
November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
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