The temperature on April 8, 1920 was between 7.6 °C and 12.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
February 10 » About 75% of the population in Zone I votes to join Denmark in the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites.
May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
Day of marriage November 1, 1947
The temperature on November 1, 1947 was between 0.1 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
July 8 » Reports are broadcast that a UFO crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico in what became known as the Roswell UFO incident.
July 19 » Korean politician Lyuh Woon-hyung is assassinated.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
September 30 » Pakistan joins the United Nations.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
Day of death May 20, 1999
The temperature on May 20, 1999 was between 10.5 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 1 » Nunavut is established as a Canadian territory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
June 9 » Kosovo War: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO sign a peace treaty.
June 12 » Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
July 5 » U.S. President Bill Clinton imposes trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.
July 9 » Days of student protests begin after Iranian police and hardliners attack a student dormitory at the University of Tehran.
July 10 » In women's association football, the United States defeated China in a penalty shoot-out at the Rose Bowl near Los Angeles to win the final match of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. The final was watched by 90,185 spectators, which set a new world record for attendance at a women's sporting event.
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