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 1 » Eritrea is consolidated into a colony by the Italian government.
April 14 » The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C.
July 3 » Idaho is admitted as the 43rd U.S. state.
August 6 » At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
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
May 9 » Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks.
August 4 » Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese representative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
October 29 » The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
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.
December 6 » Altamont Free Concert: At a free concert performed by the Rolling Stones, eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter is stabbed to death by Hells Angels security guards.
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