The temperature on July 24, 1895 was about 14.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
June 28 » The United States Court of Private Land Claims rules James Reavis’s claim to Barony of Arizona is "wholly fictitious and fraudulent."
September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
November 8 » While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.
Day of marriage December 20, 1920
The temperature on December 20, 1920 was between -0.4 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
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.
August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
Day of death August 4, 1970
The temperature on August 4, 1970 was between 15.8 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 20.2 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (70%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Chicago Seven are found not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
March 5 » The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
June 15 » Charles Manson goes on trial for the Sharon Tate murders.
September 7 » Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
November 17 » Luna programme: The Soviet Union lands Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This is the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and is released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft.
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