The temperature on May 15, 1920 was between 3.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
Day of death June 8, 2000
The temperature on June 8, 2000 was between 5.5 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 15.3 hours of sunshine (92%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 21 » Pope John Paul II makes his first ever pontifical visit to Israel.
May 7 » Vladimir Putin is inaugurated as president of Russia.
October 17 » The Hatfield rail crash leads to the collapse of Railtrack.
November 1 » Chhattisgarh officially becomes the 26th state of India, formed from sixteen districts of eastern Madhya Pradesh.
November 26 » George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
December 15 » The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.
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