January 28 » Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, becomes the first person to be convicted of speeding. He was fined one shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8mph (13km/h), thereby exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2mph (3.2km/h).
February 21 » An Englishman raised in Australia, Bob Fitzsimmons, fought an Irishman, Peter Maher, in an American promoted event which technically took place in Mexico, winning the 1896 World Heavyweight Championship in boxing.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
July 28 » The city of Miami, Florida is incorporated.
November 17 » The Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.
December 17 » Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Schenley Park Casino, which was the first multi-purpose arena with the technology to create an artificial ice surface in North America, is destroyed in a fire.
Day of marriage January 2, 1920
The temperature on January 2, 1920 was between -2.2 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.
November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
Day of death February 20, 1982
The temperature on February 20, 1982 was between -4.6 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 2 » Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama.
June 10 » Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
October 28 » The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
November 1 » Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
November 3 » The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan by kills 150–2000 people.
December 13 » The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.
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