In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
September 28 » Foundation of the Portuguese football club FC Porto.
October 28 » Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Pathétique receives its première performance only nine days before the composer's death.
November 7 » Women's suffrage: Women in the U.S. state of Colorado are granted the right to vote, the second state to do so.
November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
Day of marriage April 8, 1920
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.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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