The temperature on January 7, 1890 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 81%. Source: KNMI
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
November 23 » King William III of the Netherlands dies without a male heir and a special law is passed to allow his daughter Princess Wilhelmina to succeed him.
Day of death June 16, 1958
The temperature on June 16, 1958 was between 8.6 °C and 26.2 °C and averaged 19.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
July 26 » Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 5 » The Preston By-pass, the UK's first stretch of motorway, opens to traffic for the first time. (It is now part of the M6 and M55 motorways.)
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
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