Carter-Aaron tree » Alexia Grace Halligan (1902-1990)

Day of death October 3, 1990

• The temperature on October 3, 1990 was between 10.4 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • January 12 » A seven-day pogrom breaks out against the Armenian civilian population of Baku, Azerbaijan, during which Armenians were beaten, tortured, murdered, and expelled from the city.
  • February 2 » Apartheid: F. W. de Klerk announces the unbanning of the African National Congress and promises to release Nelson Mandela.
  • February 14 » Ninety-two people are killed when Indian Airlines Flight 605 crashes in Bangalore, India.
  • May 20 » The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
  • August 8 » Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
  • November 5 » Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.

Day of burial October 8, 1990

• The temperature on October 8, 1990 was between 4.7 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • February 11 » Nelson Mandela is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa after 27 years as a political prisoner.
  • March 1 » Steve Jackson Games is raided by the United States Secret Service, prompting the later formation of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
  • March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
  • April 24 » Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
  • October 3 » The German Democratic Republic is abolished and becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany.
  • December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.

Source: Wikipedia

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