The temperature on January 1, 1921 was between 7.6 °C and 12.6 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 9 » Greco-Turkish War: The First Battle of İnönü, the first battle of the war, begins near Eskişehir in Anatolia.
February 12 » Bolsheviks launch a revolt in Georgia as a preliminary to the Red Army invasion of Georgia.
March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
July 2 » World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death August 14, 2000
The temperature on August 14, 2000 was between 17.8 °C and 27.1 °C and averaged 21.7 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (31%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
January 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
May 17 » Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clash in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
November 7 » Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States.
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