The temperature on May 11, 1923 was between 1.5 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 9.4 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
January 9 » Lithuanian residents of the Memel Territory rebel against the League of Nations' decision to leave the area as a mandated region under French control.
February 15 » Greece becomes the last European country to adopt the Gregorian calendar.
June 9 » Bulgaria's military takes over the government in a coup.
September 4 » Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USSShenandoah.
October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.
Day of death August 12, 1991
The temperature on August 12, 1991 was between 9.5 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.4 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
January 12 » Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
February 23 » In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
June 3 » Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
August 21 » Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
October 16 » George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
Day of burial August 16, 1991
The temperature on August 16, 1991 was between 11.8 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 15 » Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.
December 4 » Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
December 25 » Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as President of the Soviet Union (the union itself is dissolved the next day). Ukraine's referendum is finalized and Ukraine officially leaves the Soviet Union.
December 26 » The Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union meets and formally dissolves the Soviet Union, ending the Cold War.
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