January 18 » An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
June 2 » Guglielmo Marconi applies for a patent for his wireless telegraph.
August 16 » Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
December 10 » Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
Day of marriage December 27, 1920
The temperature on December 27, 1920 was between 2.8 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 9 » Under the terms of the Svalbard Treaty, international diplomacy recognizes Norwegian sovereignty over Arctic archipelago Svalbard, and designates it as demilitarized.
March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
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 April 16, 1970
The temperature on April 16, 1970 was between 10.4 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
March 6 » An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.
April 6 » Newhall massacre: Four California Highway Patrol officers are killed in a shootout.
April 24 » China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster.
July 23 » Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive reforms, modernization programs and end to a decade long civil war.
December 23 » The Democratic Republic of the Congo officially becomes a one-party state.
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