The temperature on March 22, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 17.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » Glenn Curtiss flies the first successful American seaplane.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
May 15 » More than 300 Chinese immigrants are killed in the Torreón massacre when the forces of the Mexican Revolution led by Emilio Madero take the city of Torreón from the Federales.
September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
Day of marriage May 8, 1936
The temperature on May 8, 1936 was between 10.0 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 15 » First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
August 14 » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
September 10 » First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
November 8 » Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
December 11 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Day of death April 20, 1991
The temperature on April 20, 1991 was between -3.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
February 9 » Voters in Lithuania vote for independence.
February 23 » In Thailand, General Sunthorn Kongsompong leads a bloodless coup d'état, deposing Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan.
August 25 » Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
September 1 » Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
October 17 » 1991 Rudrapur bombings by Sikh separatists, who exploded two bombs, during a Ramlila Hindu celebration in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, killing 41 people.
Day of burial April 24, 1991
The temperature on April 24, 1991 was between -0.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 20 » In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
February 27 » Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
April 10 » A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola; the first to be documented by satellites.
September 1 » Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
October 26 » Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
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