The temperature on November 21, 1911 was between -0.1 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
June 22 » Mexican Revolution: Government forces bring an end to the Magonista rebellion of 1911 in the Second Battle of Tijuana.
July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
September 20 » The White Star Line's RMSOlympic collides with the British warship HMSHawke.
October 24 » Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
Day of death May 21, 1995
The temperature on May 21, 1995 was between 4.6 °C and 13.4 °C and averaged 9.2 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (56%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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February 7 » Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, is arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan.
February 17 » The Cenepa War between Peru and Ecuador ends on a ceasefire brokered by the UN.
April 7 » First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
May 23 » The first version of the Java programming language is released.
July 23 » Comet Hale–Bopp is discovered; it becomes visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later.
October 6 » The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered.
Day of burial May 24, 1995
The temperature on May 24, 1995 was between 9.4 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 6 » A chemical fire in an apartment complex in Manila, Philippines, leads to the discovery of plans for Project Bojinka, a mass-terrorist attack.
February 22 » The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.
June 5 » The Bose–Einstein condensate is first created.
July 5 » Armenia adopts its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union.
October 25 » A commuter train slams into a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students.
October 30 » Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
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