The temperature on September 15, 1889 was about 12.7 °C. The air pressure was 20 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 48%. Source: KNMI
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.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
October 24 » Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
November 11 » The State of Washington is admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
November 14 » Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in 72 days.
Day of death August 6, 1937
The temperature on August 6, 1937 was between 13.6 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 11 » The Flint sit-down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers trade union.
June 11 » Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
August 14 » The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when six Japanese bombers are shot down by Chinese fighters while raiding Chinese air bases.
September 22 » Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.
October 11 » The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
December 16 » Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe attempt to escape from the American federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay; neither is ever seen again.
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