January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
February 23 » Cuba leases Guantánamo Bay to the United States "in perpetuity".
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
June 11 » A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of marriage January 22, 1936
The temperature on January 22, 1936 was between 0.4 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 5 » Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
August 4 » Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
August 9 » Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
October 9 » Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
Day of death January 13, 1990
The temperature on January 13, 1990 was between -0.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 11 » Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
April 24 » Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.
August 7 » First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
September 18 » Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
October 15 » Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
November 28 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.
Day of burial January 17, 1990
The temperature on January 17, 1990 was between 4.3 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
February 7 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party agrees to give up its monopoly on power.
March 10 » In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
July 16 » The Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declares state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR.
July 30 » Ian Gow, Conservative Member of Parliament, is assassinated at his home by IRA terrorists in a car bombing after he assured the group that the British government would never surrender to them.
November 7 » Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.
December 22 » Final independence of Marshall Islands and Federated States of Micronesia after termination of trusteeship.
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