The temperature on October 9, 1920 was between 8.2 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
Day of death May 5, 1973
The temperature on May 5, 1973 was between 8.5 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (44%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
November 17 » Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook."
November 22 » The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
December 1 » Papua New Guinea gains self-governance from Australia.
December 3 » Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
December 9 » British and Irish authorities sign the Sunningdale Agreement in an attempt to establish a power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive and a cross-border Council of Ireland.
December 21 » The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
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