Occupation: Laborer, Owens Glass in Streator, Illinois, USA; WW II VET; Cause of death: stricken with Heart attack while in downtown area; died en route to hospital; Sources: Obituary Photo/headstone: Betty Scudder;
The temperature on August 3, 1920 was between 12.1 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7 » The New York State Assembly refuses to seat five duly elected Socialist assemblymen.
January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
October 30 » The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
Day of death December 5, 1961
The temperature on December 5, 1961 was between 4.1 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 30 » The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
August 13 » Cold War: East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started.
November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.
November 29 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission: Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
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