In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
June 30 » The Homestead Strike begins near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 4 » The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. She was tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.
August 9 » Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
October 13 » Edward Emerson Barnard discovers first comet discovered by photographic means.
December 17 » First issue of Vogue is published.
Day of marriage March 11, 1920
The average temperature on March 11, 1920 was 3.1 °C. There was 0.8 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.
January 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
March 19 » The United States Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for the second time (the first time was on November 19, 1919).
March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
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 January 21, 1960
The temperature on January 21, 1960 was between -1.5 °C and 5.0 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 4.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 14 » The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, is established.
February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
April 19 » Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
July 11 » To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
December 3 » The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
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