The temperature on June 8, 1904 was between 8.8 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 17 » Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
May 5 » Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
June 16 » Irish author James Joyce begins a relationship with Nora Barnacle and subsequently uses the date to set the actions for his novel Ulysses; this date is now traditionally called "Bloomsday".
July 21 » Louis Rigolly, a Frenchman, becomes the first man to break the 100mph (161km/h) barrier on land. He drove a 15-liter Gobron-Brillié in Ostend, Belgium.
October 4 » The IFK Göteborg football club is founded in Sweden.
December 3 » The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
Day of death January 13, 1990
The temperature on January 13, 1990 was between -0.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 4 » American basketball player Hank Gathers dies after collapsing during the semifinals of a West Coast Conference Tournament game.
May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
June 12 » Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty.
June 20 » Asteroid Eureka is discovered.
July 26 » The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.
September 29 » Construction of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) is completed in Washington, D.C.
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