The average temperature on January 1, 1920 was 2.5 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (52%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
January 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
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 marriage August 8, 1937
The temperature on August 8, 1937 was between 13.4 °C and 29.8 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
February 19 » Yekatit 12: During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, two Ethiopian nationalists of Eritrean origin attempt to kill viceroy Rodolfo Graziani with a number of grenades.
March 8 » Spanish Civil War: The Battle of Guadalajara begins.
July 6 » Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle begins with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid.
July 22 » New Deal: The United States Senate votes down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's proposal to add more justices to the Supreme Court of the United States.
August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
Day of death March 12, 1954
The temperature on March 12, 1954 was between 0.9 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
April 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
April 18 » Gamal Abdel Nasser seizes power in Egypt.
May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
November 19 » Télé Monte Carlo, Europe's oldest private television channel, is launched by Prince Rainier III.
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