The temperature on December 11, 1919 was between -4.9 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (70%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
March 2 » The first Communist International meets in Moscow.
June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
October 16 » Adolf Hitler delivers his first public address at a meeting of the German Workers' Party.
December 3 » After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
Day of death August 19, 2000
The temperature on August 19, 2000 was between 14.1 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 22 » In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami.
September 20 » The United Kingdom's MI6 Secret Intelligence Service building is attacked by individuals using a Russian-built RPG-22 anti-tank missile.
October 31 » Singapore Airlines Flight 006 crashes on takeoff from Taipei, killing 83.
November 11 » Kaprun disaster: One hundred fifty-five skiers and snowboarders die when a cable car catches fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria.
November 15 » Jharkhand officially becomes the 28th state of India, formed from eighteen districts of southern Bihar.
November 30 » NASA launches STS-97, the 101st Space Shuttle mission.
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