March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
June 12 » New Richmond tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.
Day of marriage December 20, 1921
The temperature on December 20, 1921 was between 5.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
March 18 » The Kronstadt rebellion is suppressed by the Red Army.
March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Day of death March 15, 1993
The temperature on March 15, 1993 was between 3.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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