April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death February 4, 1969
The temperature on February 4, 1969 was between -2.6 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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