The temperature on July 21, 1906 was between 9.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
March 22 » The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
July 11 » Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
December 4 » Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Day of death February 12, 1991
The temperature on February 12, 1991 was between -10.1 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -3.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 5 » Georgian forces enter Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, Georgia, opening the 1991–92 South Ossetia War.
January 5 » Somali Civil War: The United States Embassy to Somalia in Mogadishu is evacuated by helicopter airlift days after the outbreak of violence in Mogadishu.
February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
August 21 » Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
September 1 » Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
October 5 » An Indonesian Air Force C-130 crash kills 135 people.
Day of burial February 19, 1991
The temperature on February 19, 1991 was between -6.7 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
April 2 » Rita Johnston becomes the first female Premier of a Canadian province when she succeeds William Vander Zalm (who had resigned) as Premier of British Columbia.
April 29 » A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.
August 24 » Ukraine declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
August 27 » The European Community recognizes the independence of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
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