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On this day/Today. 1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon. 1890 – The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla, Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage. 1928 – The iron lung (example ...
History of statistics. Statistics, in the modern sense of the word, began evolving in the 18th century in response to the novel needs of industrializing sovereign states. In early times, the meaning was restricted to information about states, particularly demographics such as population. This was later extended to include all collections of ...
2016 (Thursday) 2015 (Tuesday) June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 184 days remain until the end of the year.
July 20. July 20 is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 164 days remain until the end of the year.
Statistics(from German: Statistik, orig."description of a state, a country"[1]) is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data.[2] In applying statistics to a scientific, industrial, or social problem, it is conventional to begin with a statistical populationor a statistical ...
September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966. International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators) [ 62 ] National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day (Canada) [ 63 ][ 64 ]
Time: 06:11 UTC Date: May 29. 1677 – Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians. 1765 – Patrick Henry in a speech denouncing the Stamp Act is believed to have said, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" 1780 – Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton brutally massacred Colonel ...
Deaths. 25,000,000 – 50,000,000 (estimated) The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353. It was one of the most fatal pandemics in human history; as many as 50 million people [ 2 ] perished, perhaps 50% of Europe's 14th century population. [ 3 ] The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and ...