February 9 » The Davis Cup competition is established.
February 18 » Second Boer War: Imperial forces suffer their worst single-day loss of life on Bloody Sunday, the first day of the Battle of Paardeberg.
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
Day of marriage September 8, 1920
The temperature on September 8, 1920 was between 7.1 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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.
January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
Day of death December 23, 1968
The temperature on December 23, 1968 was between 3.8 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
July 8 » The Chrysler wildcat strike begins in Detroit, Michigan.
August 22 » Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
November 17 » British European Airways introduces the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service.
December 13 » Brazilian President Artur da Costa e Silva issues AI-5 (Institutional Act No. 5), enabling government by decree and suspending habeas corpus.
December 25 » Kilvenmani massacre: Forty-four Dalits (untouchables) are burnt to death in Kizhavenmani village, Tamil Nadu, a retaliation for a campaign for higher wages by Dalit laborers.
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