The temperature on May 10, 1890 was about 13.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
April 7 » Completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
September 24 » The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of death October 4, 1959
The temperature on October 4, 1959 was between 10.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first Melodifestivalen is held in Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden.
February 19 » The United Kingdom grants Cyprus independence, which is formally proclaimed on August 16, 1960.
July 21 » Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2–1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
September 25 » Solomon Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk, Talduwe Somarama, and dies the next day.
October 30 » Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
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