The temperature on January 26, 1920 was between 1.4 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
March 22 » Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
Day of death July 22, 2000
The temperature on July 22, 2000 was between 10.5 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker enters orbit around asteroid 433 Eros, the first spacecraft to orbit an asteroid.
May 11 » Second Chechen War: Chechen separatists ambush Russian paramilitary forces in the Republic of Ingushetia.
October 11 » NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
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.
December 1 » Vicente Fox Quesada is inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in Mexico's history.
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