The temperature on February 8, 1921 was between -1.5 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
Day of death August 27, 2001
The temperature on August 27, 2001 was between 10.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
May 21 » French Taubira law is enacted, officially recognizing the Atlantic slave trade and slavery as crimes against humanity.
June 23 » The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.
October 11 » The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
November 13 » War on Terror: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
December 19 » Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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