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
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
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 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.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
Day of death March 29, 1960
The temperature on March 29, 1960 was between 4.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, killing all 50 aboard, the third fatal Capital Airlines crash in as many years.
January 21 » Avianca Flight 671 crashes at Montego Bay, Jamaica airport, killing 37 people.
October 4 » An airliner crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport, killing 62 people.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
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