The temperature on May 14, 1890 was about 14.3 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. Source: KNMI
March 4 » The longest bridge in Great Britain, the Forth Bridge in Scotland, measuring 1,710 feet (520m) long, is opened by the Duke of Rothesay, later King Edward VII.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 12 » Salisbury, Rhodesia, is founded.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
December 29 » Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota are killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
Day of death March 9, 1970
The temperature on March 9, 1970 was between -4.3 °C and 2.5 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
March 26 » South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu implements a land reform program to solve the problem of land tenancy.
May 9 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrate in front of the White House.
May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
November 13 » Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night.
November 26 » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
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