The temperature on February 8, 1910 was between 1.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
October 22 » Hawley Harvey Crippen (the first felon to be arrested with the help of radio) is convicted of poisoning his wife.
November 10 » The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, although the official founding date is November 23, 1910.
November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
Day of death May 5, 1990
The temperature on May 5, 1990 was between 9.9 °C and 27.8 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 19 » The ethnic clashes of Târgu Mureș begin four days after the anniversary of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire.
April 7 » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
June 13 » First day of the June 1990 Mineriad in Romania. At least 240 strikers and students are arrested or killed in the chaos ensuing from the first post-Ceaușescu elections.
July 22 » Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
August 28 » Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
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