The temperature on January 5, 1937 was between 2.9 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
April 1 » Aden becomes a British crown colony.
May 7 » Spanish Civil War: The German Condor Legion, equipped with Heinkel He 51 biplanes, arrives in Spain to assist Francisco Franco's forces.
August 24 » Spanish Civil War: Sovereign Council of Asturias and León is proclaimed in Gijón.
September 5 » Spanish Civil War: Llanes falls to the Nationalists following a one-day siege.
September 21 » J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
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
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.
February 23 » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
May 8 » The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland.
May 9 » LOT Flight 5055 Tadeusz Kościuszko crashes after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board.
May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
June 12 » Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate, U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.
December 20 » In the worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker 'MT Vector in the Tablas Strait of the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official).
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
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.
April 11 » The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
June 12 » The Central African Republic's former emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule.
August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
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