February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
April 30 » J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage June 17, 1920
The temperature on June 17, 1920 was between 12.0 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (79%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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.
February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.
Day of death July 15, 1942
The temperature on July 15, 1942 was between 9.6 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 1 » The Declaration by United Nations is signed by twenty-six nations.
March 8 » World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
March 22 » World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
April 17 » French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
August 30 » World War II: The Battle of Alam el Halfa begins.
September 10 » World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
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