The temperature on May 2, 1904 was between 8.7 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
April 8 » The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente cordiale.
May 4 » The United States begins construction of the Panama Canal.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.
Day of death February 2, 1969
The temperature on February 2, 1969 was between 1.0 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
October 1 » Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time.
December 24 » Nigerian troops capture Umuahia, the Biafran capital.
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