The temperature on March 16, 1912 was between 4.0 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
April 2 » The ill-fated RMSTitanic begins sea trials.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after 3⁄2 years in Sing Sing prison.
Day of death May 2, 1992
The temperature on May 2, 1992 was between 5.3 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
April 27 » The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.
May 9 » Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
July 7 » The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
July 18 » A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.
July 23 » A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
October 12 » A 5.8 earthquake occurred in Cairo, Egypt. At least 510 died.
Day of burial May 6, 1992
The temperature on May 6, 1992 was between 7.6 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 12 » Mauritius becomes a republic while remaining a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
March 22 » Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
May 9 » Armenian forces capture Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
July 7 » The New York Court of Appeals rules that women have the same right as men to go topless in public.
August 24 » Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Homestead, Florida as a Category5 hurricane, causing up to $25billion (1992 USD) in damages.
September 12 » NASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are Mae Carol Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, Mamoru Mohri, the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and Mark Lee and Jan Davis, the first married couple in space.
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