The temperature on April 24, 1921 was between 5.0 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
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
May 1 » Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declares the existence of "a state of rebellion", hours after thousands of supporters of her arrested predecessor, Joseph Estrada, storm towards the presidential palace at the height of the EDSA III rebellion.
June 11 » Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
July 28 » Australian Ian Thorpe becomes the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single World Championship meeting.
September 21 » Ross Parker is murdered in Peterborough, England, by a gang of ten British Pakistani youths.
October 7 » The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan begins with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
November 12 » In New York City, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 en route to the Dominican Republic, crashes minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 on board and five on the ground.
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