The temperature on August 19, 1991 was between 8.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (41%). 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 7 » Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
April 10 » A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
November 12 » Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
Day of cremation August 23, 1991
The temperature on August 23, 1991 was between 15.9 °C and 22.5 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
June 27 » Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.
July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
August 20 » Estonia, occupied by and incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of legal continuity of its pre-occupation statehood.
October 8 » Upon the expiration of the Brioni Agreement, Croatia and Slovenia sever all official relations with Yugoslavia.
December 8 » The leaders of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine sign an agreement dissolving the Soviet Union and establishing the Commonwealth of Independent States.
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