The temperature on December 26, 1919 was between -0.9 °C and 2.6 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
February 6 » The American Legion is founded.
April 16 » Mohandas Gandhi organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre by the British colonial troops three days earlier.
May 19 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
June 15 » John Alcock and Arthur Brown complete the first nonstop transatlantic flight when they reach Clifden, County Galway, Ireland.
December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
Day of death February 16, 2000
The temperature on February 16, 2000 was between 0.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 14.5 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
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 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
December 12 » The United States Supreme Court releases its decision in Bush v. Gore.
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