The temperature on December 16, 1889 was about 2.0 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
November 2 » North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.
Day of death June 9, 1960
The temperature on June 9, 1960 was between 13.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The bathyscaphe USS Trieste breaks a depth record by descending to 10,911 metres (35,797ft) in the Pacific Ocean.
February 13 » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
December 1 » Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested (and later deported) from Hamburg, West Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
Day of burial June 14, 1960
The temperature on June 14, 1960 was between 8.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 6.0 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
March 4 » The French freighter La Coubre explodes in Havana, Cuba, killing 100.
May 7 » Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
September 26 » In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
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