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Day of marriage January 21, 1920

• The temperature on January 21, 1920 was between 3.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
  • May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
  • June 4 » Hungary loses 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon is signed in Paris.
  • July 12 » The Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty is signed, by which Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of Lithuania.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • November 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.

Day of death August 14, 1945

• The temperature on August 14, 1945 was between 13.6 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.1 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 6.2 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (20%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • February 9 » World War II: A force of Allied aircraft unsuccessfully attacked a German destroyer in Førdefjorden, Norway.
  • July 30 » World War II: Japanese submarineI-58 sinks the USSIndianapolis, killing 883 seamen. Most die during the following four days, until an aircraft notices the survivors.
  • August 9 » World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese war workers, 2,000 Korean forced workers, and 150 Japanese soldiers.
  • September 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
  • October 5 » A six-month strike by Hollywood set decorators turns into a bloody riot at the gates of the Warner Brothers studio.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1943 » Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)
• 1943 » Lore Berger, Swiss author and translator (b. 1921)
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