The temperature on July 11, 1905 was between 15.6 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
January 26 » The world's largest diamond ever, the Cullinan weighing 3,106.75 carats (0.621350kg), is found at the Premier Mine near Pretoria in South Africa.
May 15 » Las Vegas is founded when 110 acres (0.45km), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
September 23 » Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
October 5 » The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes.
December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
December 15 » The Pushkin House is established in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to preserve the cultural heritage of Alexander Pushkin.
Day of marriage November 24, 1934
The temperature on November 24, 1934 was between 0.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
April 21 » The "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, is published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it is revealed to be a hoax).
May 23 » Infamous American bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed by police and killed in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.
July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
October 22 » In East Liverpool, Ohio, FBI agents shoot and kill notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.
December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
Day of death November 20, 2000
The temperature on November 20, 2000 was between 3.9 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
August 23 » Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes into the Persian Gulf near Manama, Bahrain, killing 143.
September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
September 26 » The MSExpress Samina sinks off Paros in the Aegean Sea killing 80 passengers.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
November 1 » The Republic of Serbia and Montenegro joins the United Nations.
November 17 » A catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and causes millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years.
Day of cremation November 24, 2000
The temperature on November 24, 2000 was between 4.4 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
May 4 » Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London (an office separate from that of the Lord Mayor of London).
July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
September 26 » Anti-globalization protests in Prague (some 20,000 protesters) turn violent during the IMF and World Bank summits.
November 7 » The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.
November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
December 31 » The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
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