The temperature on January 10, 1936 was between 9.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
April 27 » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
September 6 » Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
Day of death February 23, 1989
The temperature on February 23, 1989 was between 2.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
April 21 » Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gather in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang.
June 4 » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
June 24 » Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
August 19 » Polish president Wojciech Jaruzelski nominates Solidarity activist Tadeusz Mazowiecki to be the first non-communist prime minister in 42 years.
November 17 » Cold War: Velvet Revolution begins: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague is quelled by riot police. This sparks an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeds on December 29).
December 25 » Romanian Revolution: Deposed President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena, are condemned to death and executed after a summary trial.
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