The temperature on May 8, 1921 was between 9.0 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). 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.
March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
June 12 » Mikhail Tukhachevsky orders the use of chemical weapons against the Tambov Rebellion, bringing an end to the peasant uprising.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
September 8 » Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
October 29 » The Link River Dam, a part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, is completed.
October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death August 6, 1999
The temperature on August 6, 1999 was between 11.7 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 20.9 °C. There was 12.5 hours of sunshine (82%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
May 29 » Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
August 7 » The Chechnya-based Islamic International Brigade invades neighboring Dagestan.
August 15 » Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
September 21 » The Chi-Chi earthquake occurs in central Taiwan, leaving about 2,400 people dead.
November 27 » The centre-left Labour Party takes control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history.
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