The temperature on January 24, 1889 was about 3.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
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.
August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
Day of death September 16, 1979
The temperature on September 16, 1979 was between 3.4 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 17 » The Penmanshiel Tunnel collapses during engineering works, killing two workers.
July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
July 17 » Nicaraguan dictator General Anastasio Somoza Debayle resigns and flees to Miami, Florida, United States.
September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
September 20 » A French-supported coup d'état in the Central African Empire overthrows Emperor Bokassa I.
December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
Day of burial September 19, 1979
The temperature on September 19, 1979 was between 15.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 5.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 13 » The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état.
March 25 » The first fully functional Space Shuttle orbiter, Columbia, is delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch.
July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
October 15 » Supporters of the Malta Labour Party ransack and destroy the Times of Malta building and other locations associated with the Nationalist Party.
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