January 1 » The first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, is held in Pasadena, California.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
May 17 » Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of marriage February 20, 1930
The temperature on February 20, 1930 was between -2.9 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
April 18 » The British Broadcasting Corporation announced that "there is no news" in their evening report.
July 7 » Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser begins construction of Boulder Dam (now known as Hoover Dam).
August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
September 17 » The Kurdish Ararat rebellion is suppressed by the Turks.
October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
Day of death November 16, 1991
The temperature on November 16, 1991 was between -2.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 14 » The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
October 26 » Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
November 18 » After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
December 2 » Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.
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