Kelowna Hardiness Zones and Maps. Kelowna is located in Canadian plant hardiness zone 6a near Okanagan Lake, supporting a wide variety of ornamental and native plants. Winter temperatures become cooler at higher elevations and further away from the influence of the lake.
stonewall riot. Stonewall Riot definition. A disturbance that grew out of a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a popular hang-out for gays in Manhattan's Greenwich Village in 1969. Such raids long had been routine, but this one provoked a riot as the crowd fought back.
Someoneâit has never been discovered whoâthrew a homemade pipe bomb into the midst of the police. Over sixty police officers were wounded and eight died. The police fired on the crowd, killing four workers and injuring 200. This incident became known as the Haymarket Riot. PRIMARY SOURCE. HAYMARKET RIOTS