The temperature on May 14, 1966 was between 6.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 31 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
May 16 » The Communist Party of China issues the "May 16 Notice", marking the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.
July 10 » The Chicago Freedom Movement, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., holds a rally at Soldier Field in Chicago. As many as 60,000 people attend.
August 22 » Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
October 15 » The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
Day of death August 3, 1990
The temperature on August 3, 1990 was between 17.6 °C and 33.5 °C and averaged 25.3 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
February 7 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
March 20 » Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
April 24 » STS-31: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched from the Space Shuttle Discovery.
September 16 » The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
October 13 » Syrian forces attack free areas of Lebanon, removing General Michel Aoun from the presidential palace.
November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
Day of burial August 9, 1990
The temperature on August 9, 1990 was between 11.6 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.1 °C. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
March 20 » Ferdinand Marcos's widow, Imelda Marcos, goes on trial for bribery, embezzlement, and racketeering.
November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
November 15 » The Communist People's Republic of Bulgaria is disestablished and a new republican government is instituted.
November 16 » Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It's True album. Session musicians had provided all the vocals.
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