The temperature on July 5, 1909 was between 7.6 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
July 16 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is forced out as Shah of Persia and is replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar.
July 25 » Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.
October 26 » An Jung-geun assassinates Japan's Resident-General of Korea.
December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death June 20, 1999
The temperature on June 20, 1999 was between 10.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
May 1 » The body of British climber George Mallory is found on Mount Everest, 75 years after his disappearance in 1924.
July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
July 26 » Kargil conflict officially comes to an end. The Indian Army announces the complete eviction of Pakistani intruders.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
Day of burial June 24, 1999
The temperature on June 24, 1999 was between 8.2 °C and 20.0 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 23 » Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Öcalan is charged with treason in Ankara, Turkey.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
April 14 » A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
November 12 » The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
November 30 » In Seattle, United States, demonstrations against a World Trade Organization meeting by anti-globalization protesters catch police unprepared and force the cancellation of opening ceremonies.
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