The temperature on January 12, 1928 was between -1.3 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
December 13 » George Gershwin's An American in Paris is first performed.
Day of death January 6, 1991
The temperature on January 6, 1991 was between 4.6 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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.
February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
April 14 » The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
May 26 » Lauda Air Flight 004 breaks apart in mid-air and crashes in the Phu Toei National Park in Thailand, killing all 223 people on board.
July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
July 31 » The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
August 25 » Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
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