The temperature on August 16, 1920 was between 6.9 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
Day of death February 2, 2001
The temperature on February 2, 2001 was between -0.1 °C and 1.6 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 11.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The first draft of the complete human genome is published in Nature.
April 25 » Michele Alboreto is killed while testing an Audi R8 at the Lausitzring in Germany.
June 1 » Dolphinarium discotheque massacre: A Hamas suicide bomber kills 21 at a disco in Tel Aviv.
July 17 » Concorde is brought back into service nearly a year after the July 2000 crash.
November 14 » A magnitude 7.8 earthquake strikes a remote part of the Tibetan plateau. It had the longest known surface rupture recorded on land (~400km) and is the best documented example of a supershear earthquake.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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