April 17 » The Treaty of Shimonoseki between China and Japan is signed. This marks the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire is forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan.
May 25 » Playwright, poet and novelist Oscar Wilde is convicted of "committing acts of gross indecency with other male persons" and sentenced to serve two years in prison.
August 31 » German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.
Day of marriage May 19, 1920
The temperature on May 19, 1920 was between 8.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
Day of death October 21, 1965
The temperature on October 21, 1965 was between 2.8 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
August 15 » The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
December 3 » The Beatles release highly successful and influential experimental folk album Rubber Soul.
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