The temperature on August 29, 1927 was between 9.9 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
April 14 » The first Volvo car premieres in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
May 18 » The Bath School disaster: Forty-five people, including many children, are killed by bombs planted by a disgruntled school-board member in Michigan.
June 13 » Aviator Charles Lindbergh receives a ticker tape parade down 5th Avenue in New York City.
July 24 » The Menin Gate war memorial is unveiled at Ypres.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
Day of death April 20, 1997
The temperature on April 20, 1997 was between 0.1 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
February 11 » Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope.
March 13 » The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader.
March 18 » The tail of a Russian Antonov An-24 charter plane breaks off while en route to Turkey causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 people on board.
May 6 » The Bank of England is given independence from political control, the most significant change in the bank's 300-year history.
August 6 » Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 229 of 254 people on board.
December 6 » A Russian Antonov An-124 Ruslan cargo plane crashes into an apartment complex near Irkutsk, Siberia, killing 67.
Day of burial April 23, 1997
The temperature on April 23, 1997 was between -2.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (91%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
May 15 » The United States government acknowledges the existence of the "Secret War" in Laos and dedicates the Laos Memorial in honor of Hmong and other "Secret War" veterans.
July 27 » About 50 people are killed in the Si Zerrouk massacre in Algeria.
August 26 » Beni Ali massacre occurs in Algeria, leaving 60 to 100 people dead.
September 18 » United States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1billion to the United Nations.
October 4 » The second largest cash robbery in U.S. history occurs in North Carolina
December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
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