February 27 » Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry "Breaker" Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria after being convicted of war crimes.
March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
May 31 » Second Boer War: The Treaty of Vereeniging ends the war and ensures British control of South Africa.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
Day of marriage November 18, 1920
The temperature on November 18, 1920 was between -3.0 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
February 29 » Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
Day of death June 10, 1976
The temperature on June 10, 1976 was between 11.1 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
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.
January 3 » The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.
January 5 » The Khmer Rouge proclaim the Constitution of Democratic Kampuchea.
February 24 » The current constitution of Cuba is formally proclaimed.
June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
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