February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
May 23 » American Civil War: Sergeant William Harvey Carney is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in the Assault on the Battery Wagner in 1863.
June 14 » Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of marriage May 3, 1919
The temperature on May 3, 1919 was between 4.7 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (67%). 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 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
March 21 » The Hungarian Soviet Republic is established becoming the first Communist government to be formed in Europe after the October Revolution in Russia.
August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.
December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
Day of death November 20, 1967
The temperature on November 20, 1967 was between -1.4 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 7.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
May 20 » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
October 4 » Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
December 19 » Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
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