The temperature on June 5, 1890 was about 17.1 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
August 7 » Anna Månsdotter became the last woman to be executed in Sweden for the 1889 Yngsjö murder.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of marriage May 20, 1931
The temperature on May 20, 1931 was between 7.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 26 » Swissair is founded as the national airline of Switzerland.
March 31 » A Transcontinental & Western Air airliner crashes near Bazaar, Kansas, killing eight, including University of Notre Dame head football coach Knute Rockne.
May 1 » The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death October 8, 1968
The temperature on October 8, 1968 was between 6.4 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 6.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 4 » A.E.K. Athens B.C. becomes the first Greek team to win the European Basketball Cup.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
April 11 » President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
August 28 » The police rioted during the Democratic National Convention, beating up anti-war protesters, peaceful demonstrators, innocent bystanders, and members of the press.
October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
November 5 » Richard Nixon is elected as 37th President of the United States.
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