The temperature on August 20, 1936 was between 11.4 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 29 » The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
May 21 » Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
July 21 » Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
July 23 » In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
August 3 » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
Day of death December 31, 2001
The temperature on December 31, 2001 was between -5.8 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged -0.1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (69%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
January 13 » An earthquake hits El Salvador, killing more than 800.
February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
November 23 » The Convention on Cybercrime is signed in Budapest, Hungary.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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