The temperature on November 29, 1924 was between 4.1 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
July 24 » Themistoklis Sofoulis becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
August 4 » Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
October 25 » The Zinoviev letter, which Zinoviev himself denied writing, is published in the Daily Mail; the Labour party would later blame this letter for the Conservatives' landslide election win four days later.
Day of death December 12, 2000
The temperature on December 12, 2000 was between 12.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 6.3 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 19 » Air Philippines Flight 541 crashes in Samal, Davao del Norte, killing all 131 people on board.
June 21 » Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote.
October 1 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Palestinians protest the murder of 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah by the Israeli police in northern Israel, beginning the "October 2000 events".
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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