The temperature on August 21, 1921 was between 13.3 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.1 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 25 » Georgian capital Tbilisi falls to the invading Russian forces after heavy fighting and the Russians declare the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
March 15 » Talaat Pasha, former Grand Vizir of the Ottoman Empire and chief architect of the Armenian Genocide is assassinated in Berlin by a 23-year-old Armenian, Soghomon Tehlirian.
May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
Day of death September 7, 1997
The temperature on September 7, 1997 was between 12.2 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain during 7.4 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 26 » Thirty-nine bodies are found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides.
September 11 » After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
November 10 » WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).
December 1 » Heath High School shooting in West Paducah, Kentucky
December 3 » In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
December 19 » SilkAir Flight 185 crashes into the Musi River, near Palembang in Indonesia, killing 104.
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