The temperature on September 29, 1892 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
March 18 » Former Governor General Lord Stanley pledges to donate a silver challenge cup as an award for the best hockey team in Canada; it was later named after him as the Stanley Cup.
June 6 » The Chicago "L" elevated rail system begins operation.
September 28 » The first night game for American football takes place in a contest between Wyoming Seminary and Mansfield State Normal.
October 12 » The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited by students in many US public schools.
December 18 » Premiere performance of The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Day of death June 11, 1961
The temperature on June 11, 1961 was between 10.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 6.5 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (7%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
February 16 » Explorer program: Explorer 9 (S-56a) is launched.
April 12 » Cold War: Space Race: The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight, Vostok 1.
May 4 » American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.
May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
September 18 » CONCACAF is established as the governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
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