The temperature on April 13, 1889 was about 4.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 87%. Source: KNMI
January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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.
June 26 » Bangui is founded by Albert Dolisie and Alfred Uzac in what was then the upper reaches of the French Congo.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
Day of marriage April 30, 1915
The temperature on April 30, 1915 was between 4.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
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.
March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
May 1 » The RMSLusitania departs from New York City on her 202nd, and final, crossing of the North Atlantic. Six days later, the ship is torpedoed off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
May 23 » World War I: Italy joins the Allies, fulfilling its part of the Treaty of London.
May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
August 17 » A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217km/h).
Day of death July 6, 1959
The temperature on July 6, 1959 was between 12.5 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 28 » Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched but fails to achieve orbit.
March 10 » Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, thousands of Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
November 15 » The murders of the Clutter Family in Holcomb, Kansas were discovered, inspiring Truman Capote's non-fiction book In Cold Blood.
December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
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