The temperature on March 29, 1890 was about 14.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
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 10 » Wyoming is admitted as the 44th U.S. state.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of death January 11, 1961
The temperature on January 11, 1961 was between -2.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Cold War: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets.
April 27 » Sierra Leone is granted its independence from the United Kingdom, with Milton Margai as the first Prime Minister.
May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
September 10 » In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history.
September 11 » Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
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