February 7 » A Chinese immigrant in San Francisco falls ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
May 22 » The Associated Press is formed in New York City as a non-profit news cooperative.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
October 9 » The Cook Islands become a territory of the United Kingdom.
Day of marriage February 6, 1920
The temperature on February 6, 1920 was between -1 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
February 10 » Józef Haller de Hallenburg performs symbolic wedding of Poland to the sea, celebrating restitution of Polish access to open sea.
February 24 » Nancy Astor becomes the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament (MP) three months earlier.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
Day of death September 12, 1947
The temperature on September 12, 1947 was between 15.0 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
August 7 » The Bombay Municipal Corporation formally takes over the Bombay Electric Supply and Transport (BEST).
October 5 » President Truman makes the first televised Oval Office address.
November 13 » The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
November 29 » First Indochina War: French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam.
November 30 » Civil War in Mandatory Palestine begins, leading up to the creation of the state of Israel.
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