1901 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Year: 1901; Census Place: Middle Musquodoboit, Halifax (County/Comté), Nova Scotia; Page: 19; Family No: 177 / Ancestry.com
The temperature on April 20, 1869 was about 14.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 49%. Source: KNMI
From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
April 17 » Morelos is admitted as the 27th state of Mexico.
May 10 » The First Transcontinental Railroad, linking the eastern and western United States, is completed at Promontory Summit, Utah with the golden spike.
June 27 » The Republic of Ezo on the island of Hokkaido ends after being defeated by Japanese Imperial troops.
October 5 » The Saxby Gale devastates the Bay of Fundy region in Canada.
October 16 » Girton College, Cambridge is founded, becoming England's first residential college for women.
October 16 » The Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, is "discovered".
Day of death June 20, 1940
The temperature on June 20, 1940 was between 11.3 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 15.2 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco.
July 2 » The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians.
July 11 » World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of the French State.
September 7 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive nights.
November 5 » Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term.
December 29 » World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, killing almost 200 civilians.
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