The temperature on October 24, 1930 was between 4.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 13 » The news of the discovery of Pluto is announced by Lowell Observatory.
July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
August 7 » The last confirmed lynching of blacks in the Northern United States occurs in Marion, Indiana; two men, Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, are killed.
August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
September 27 » Bobby Jones wins the (pre-Masters) Grand Slam of golf.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
Day of death April 13, 1999
The temperature on April 13, 1999 was between 0.6 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 5.3 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
October 5 » The Ladbroke Grove rail crash in west London kills 31 people.
November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
December 20 » Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
Day of cremation April 17, 1999
The temperature on April 17, 1999 was between -1.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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