The temperature on July 27, 1889 was about 19.1 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 69%. Source: KNMI
March 23 » The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, British India.
March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
May 2 » Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signs the Treaty of Wuchale, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
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 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.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
Day of marriage February 18, 1915
The temperature on February 18, 1915 was between 4.4 °C and 8.3 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
January 13 » The 6.7 Mw Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
August 29 » US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
Day of death July 14, 1967
The temperature on July 14, 1967 was between 18.2 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 21.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
April 29 » After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
October 27 » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
November 29 » Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
December 6 » Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States.
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