The temperature on April 1, 1924 was between 0.2 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 25 » The 1924 Winter Olympics opens in Chamonix, in the French Alps, inaugurating the Winter Olympic Games.
March 16 » In accordance with the Treaty of Rome, Fiume becomes annexed as part of Italy.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
November 4 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female elected as governor in the United States.
November 23 » Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.
Day of death October 28, 1999
The temperature on October 28, 1999 was between 8.4 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 13 » The last hockey game is played in Maple Leaf Gardens: the Toronto Maple Leafs lose 6–2 to the Chicago Blackhawks.
March 23 » Gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña.
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.
October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
November 25 » A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
November 30 » Exxon and Mobil sign a US$73.7 billion agreement to merge, thus creating ExxonMobil, the world's largest company.
Day of burial November 2, 1999
The temperature on November 2, 1999 was between 2.8 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
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