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Day of death January 27, 1987

• The temperature on January 27, 1987 was between -4.7 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1987: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.6 million citizens.
  • January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
  • March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
  • April 8 » Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
  • April 21 » The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
  • May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
  • November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.

Source: Wikipedia

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