The temperature on April 2, 1907 was between 2.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 14 » An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000 people.
January 29 » Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
March 24 » The first issue of the Georgian Bolshevik newspaper Dro is published.
May 23 » The unicameral Parliament of Finland gathers for its first plenary session.
September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.
Day of death April 26, 1991
The temperature on April 26, 1991 was between 2.4 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
May 21 » Mengistu Haile Mariam, president of the People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, flees Ethiopia, effectively bringing the Ethiopian Civil War to an end.
June 3 » Mount Unzen erupts in Kyūshū, Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists.
June 17 » Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act which required racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
August 29 » Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
September 9 » Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
October 1 » Croatian War of Independence: The Siege of Dubrovnik begins.
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