The temperature on February 9, 1890 was about -0.9 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. 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 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 27 » Vincent van Gogh shoots himself and dies two days later.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
December 22 » Cornwallis Valley Railway begins operation between Kentville and Kingsport, Nova Scotia.
Day of death November 6, 1969
The temperature on November 6, 1969 was between -0.7 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 9 to test the lunar module.
March 10 » In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to recant.
April 7 » The Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1.
September 1 » A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
November 3 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
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