The temperature on August 5, 1912 was between 11.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 6 » German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
October 17 » Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declare war on the Ottoman Empire, joining Montenegro in the First Balkan War.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.
Day of death August 20, 2000
The temperature on August 20, 2000 was between 12.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Final daily edition of the Peanuts comic strip.
January 21 » Ecuador: After the Ecuadorian Congress is seized by indigenous organizations, Col. Lucio Gutiérrez, Carlos Solorzano and Antonio Vargas depose President Jamil Mahuad. Gutierrez is later replaced by Gen. Carlos Mendoza, who resigns and allows Vice-President Gustavo Noboa to succeed Mahuad.
January 30 » Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ivory Coast, killing 169.
April 3 » United States v. Microsoft Corp.: Microsoft is ruled to have violated United States antitrust law by keeping "an oppressive thumb" on its competitors.
July 25 » Concorde Air France Flight 4590 crashes at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 people.
October 26 » The Sony PlayStation 2 is launched in North American markets with 27 launch titles.
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