Jan De KortBirth: Jan 19 1927 - VughtDeath: Feb 19 1993 - Vught, NetherlandsBurial: Vlijmen, NetherlandsAge: 66Spouse: Gonny SpieringsBurial/Cremation: Cremated
The temperature on January 19, 1927 was between -0.2 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 9 » A fire at the Laurier Palace movie theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, kills 78 children.
March 24 » Nanking Incident: Foreign warships bombard Nanjing, China, in defense of the foreign citizens within the city.
May 22 » Near Xining, China, an 8.3 magnitude earthquake causes 200,000 deaths in one of the world's most destructive earthquakes.
September 30 » Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
October 6 » Opening of The Jazz Singer, the first prominent "talkie" movie.
November 13 » The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
Day of death February 19, 1993
The temperature on February 19, 1993 was between 3.2 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 13 » Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.
March 20 » The Troubles: A Provisional IRA bomb kills two children in Warrington, England. It leads to mass protests in both Britain and Ireland.
June 12 » An election takes place in Nigeria and is won by Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. Its results are later annulled by the military Government of Ibrahim Babangida.
August 9 » The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
August 21 » NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
November 18 » In South Africa, 21 political parties approve a new constitution, expanding voting rights and ending white minority rule.
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