The temperature on May 17, 1889 was about 16.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
April 1 » The University of Northern Colorado was established, as the Colorado State Normal School.
June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.
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.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 15 » Brazil is declared a republic by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca as Emperor Pedro II is deposed in a military coup.
Day of marriage January 7, 1915
The temperature on January 7, 1915 was between 5.4 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 16.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
April 5 » Boxing challenger Jess Willard knocks out Jack Johnson in Havana, Cuba to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.
May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.
June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
July 16 » Henry James becomes a British citizen to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War.
July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
September 30 » World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Day of death October 9, 1975
The temperature on October 9, 1975 was between 3.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 2 » At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
March 22 » A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
April 4 » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
September 27 » The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
October 14 » An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.
October 16 » The Australian Coalition sparks a constitutional crisis when they vote to defer funding for the government's annual budget.
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