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Day of death September 17, 1991

• The temperature on September 17, 1991 was between 13.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
  • August 16 » Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
  • August 31 » Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
  • September 6 » The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
  • October 16 » George Hennard runs amok in Killeen, Texas, killing 23 and wounding 20.
  • November 18 » After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.

Day of cremation September 21, 1991

• The temperature on September 21, 1991 was between 6.0 °C and 22.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
  • February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
  • September 6 » The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
  • September 6 » The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
  • December 16 » Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1991 » Zino Francescatti, French violinist and composer (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Roger Wagner, American conductor and educator (b. 1914)
• 1993 » Christian Nyby, American director and producer (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Willie Mosconi, American pool player and actor (b. 1913)
• 1994 » John Delafose, American accordion player (b. 1939)
• 1994 » Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player and coach (b. 1954)