The temperature on December 29, 1914 was between 2.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
August 24 » World War I: German troops capture Namur.
September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
September 17 » World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
November 2 » World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles are subsequently closed.
Day of death February 17, 1990
The temperature on February 17, 1990 was between -1.9 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 11 » Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title.
February 14 » The Voyager 1 spacecraft takes the photograph of planet Earth that later become famous as Pale Blue Dot.
April 25 » Violeta Chamorro takes office as the President of Nicaragua, the first woman to hold the position.
July 6 » The Electronic Frontier Foundation is founded.
August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
October 2 » Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301 is hijacked and lands at Guangzhou, where it crashes into two other airliners on the ground, killing 128.
Day of burial February 22, 1990
The temperature on February 22, 1990 was between 3.5 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (85%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 7 » A fire breaks out on the passenger ferry Scandinavian Star, killing 159 people.
April 16 » "Doctor Death", Jack Kevorkian, participates in his first assisted suicide.
May 18 » In France, a modified TGV train achieves a new rail world speed record of 515.3km/h (320.2mph).
August 12 » Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
November 13 » In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people in a massacre before being tracked down and killed by police the next day.
November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
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