Arrangements by Langeland Funeral Home, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. Memorial service on October 13, 1990, at Faith Reformed Church, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA, Rev. Rodney Kamrath, Rev. William Koster, Rev. Harris Verkalk, and Rev. Marvin Followell officiating.
The temperature on September 2, 1927 was between 12.7 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 23 » U.S. President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill by Congress establishing the Federal Radio Commission (later replaced by the Federal Communications Commission) which was to regulate the use of radio frequencies in the United States.
May 18 » After being founded for 20 years, the Government of the Republic of China approves Tongji University to be among the first national universities of the Republic of China.
September 7 » The first fully electronic television system is achieved by Philo Farnsworth.
October 25 » The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.
November 21 » Columbine Mine massacre: Striking coal miners are allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes.
December 11 » Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launch an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.
Day of death October 10, 1990
The temperature on October 10, 1990 was between 10.6 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily 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.
January 24 » Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States.
March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
March 28 » United States President George H. W. Bush posthumously awards Jesse Owens the Congressional Gold Medal.
May 20 » The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
July 11 » Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
December 11 » Demonstrations by students and workers across Albania begin, which eventually trigger the fall of communism in Albania.
Day of burial October 13, 1990
The temperature on October 13, 1990 was between 11.4 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 4 » In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries.
May 17 » The General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases.
May 20 » The first post-Communist presidential and parliamentary elections are held in Romania.
October 28 » Georgia holds its only free election under Soviet rule.
November 15 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38.
December 23 » History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88.5% of Slovenia's overall electorate vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
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