The temperature on October 8, 1920 was between 9.0 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
Day of death December 29, 1999
The temperature on December 29, 1999 was between 0.5 °C and 6.2 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
May 6 » The first elections to the devolved Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly are held.
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.
May 29 » Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
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.
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