The temperature on August 31, 1920 was between 12.0 °C and 16.9 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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.
February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
April 25 » At the San Remo conference, the principal Allied Powers of World War I adopt a resolution to determine the allocation of Class "A" League of Nations mandates for administration of the former Ottoman-ruled lands of the Middle East.
May 7 » Kiev Offensive: Polish troops led by Józef Piłsudski and Edward Rydz-Śmigły and assisted by a symbolic Ukrainian force capture Kiev only to be driven out by the Red Army counter-offensive a month later.
June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
Day of marriage November 17, 1940
The temperature on November 17, 1940 was between 2.6 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
June 7 » King Haakon VII, Crown Prince Olav and the Norwegian government leave Tromsø and go into exile in London. They return exactly five years later.
June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
July 2 » Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
July 3 » World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France.
July 19 » Field Marshal Ceremony: First occasion in World War II that Adolf Hitler appoints field marshals due to military achievements.
October 16 » Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
Day of death December 27, 2001
The temperature on December 27, 2001 was between 0.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain during 11.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 18 » FBI agent Robert Hanssen is arrested for spying for the Soviet Union. He is ultimately convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment.
May 9 » In Ghana, 129 football fans die in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths are caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of tear gas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee.
May 27 » Members of the Islamist separatist group Abu Sayyaf seize twenty hostages from an affluent island resort on Palawan in the Philippines; the hostage crisis would not be resolved until June 2002.
October 1 » Militants attack the state legislature building in Kashmir, killing 38.
November 14 » War in Afghanistan: Afghan Northern Alliance fighters take over the capital Kabul.
December 11 » The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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