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
January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
October 12 » Uddevalla Suffrage Association is formed.
November 4 » City and South London Railway: London's first deep-level tube railway opens between King William Street and Stockwell.
December 15 » Hunkpapa Lakota leader Sitting Bull is killed on Standing Rock Indian Reservation, leading to the Wounded Knee Massacre.
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
April 28 » Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France.
May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
September 1 » Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
October 21 » The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.
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