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Day of death April 9, 1987

• The temperature on April 9, 1987 was between 6.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
  • June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
  • July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
  • August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • 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.
  • December 7 » Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771, a British Aerospace 146-200A, crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and steers the plane into the ground.

Day of burial April 14, 1987

• The temperature on April 14, 1987 was between 6.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • 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.
  • February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
  • February 26 » Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.
  • April 19 » The Simpsons first appear as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, first starting with Good Night.
  • April 27 » The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
  • November 25 » Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.

Source: Wikipedia

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