The temperature on October 7, 1936 was between 1.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
February 16 » The Popular Front wins the 1936 Spanish general election.
July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
Day of death September 25, 1987
The temperature on September 25, 1987 was between 5.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
February 6 » Justice Mary Gaudron becomes the first woman to be appointed to the High Court of Australia.
April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
October 11 » The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
December 8 » Cold War: The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the White House.
Day of burial September 29, 1987
The temperature on September 29, 1987 was between 2.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
May 28 » A West German pilot, Mathias Rust, who was 18 years old, evades Soviet Union air defences and lands a private plane in the Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
October 1 » The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
November 1 » British Rail Class 43 (HST) hits the record speed of 238km/h for rail vehicles with on-board fuel to generate electricity for traction motors.
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