The temperature on July 20, 1928 was between 7.2 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Boris Bazhanov defects through Iran. He is the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc.
January 7 » A disastrous flood of the River Thames kills 14 people and causes extensive damage to much of riverside London.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
September 1 » Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
September 27 » The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
Day of death September 1, 1990
The temperature on September 1, 1990 was between 12.7 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 24 » Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
February 13 » German reunification: An agreement is reached on a two-stage plan to reunite Germany.
July 16 » The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
July 27 » The Jamaat al Muslimeen attempt a coup d'état in Trinidad and Tobago.
September 12 » The two German states and the Four Powers sign the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany in Moscow, paving the way for German reunification.
September 30 » The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
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