June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
September 7 » The Boxer Rebellion in Qing dynasty (modern-day China) officially ends with the signing of the Boxer Protocol.
November 8 » Gospel riots: Bloody clashes take place in Athens following the translation of the Gospels into demotic Greek.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
Day of marriage August 20, 1924
The temperature on August 20, 1924 was between 7.0 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 8.3 mm of rain. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 1 » Russia–United Kingdom relations are restored, over six years after the Communist revolution.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
December 20 » Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison.
Day of death June 20, 1981
The temperature on June 20, 1981 was between 9.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
April 25 » More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.
June 11 » A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
August 1 » MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles.
November 1 » Antigua and Barbuda gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
December 11 » El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War.
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