July 26 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage August 31, 1920
The temperature on August 31, 1920 was between 11.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 19 » The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
Day of death October 4, 1980
The temperature on October 4, 1980 was between 5.2 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (19%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
February 23 » Iran hostage crisis: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini states that Iran's parliament will decide the fate of the American embassy hostages.
April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
May 17 » On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
May 18 » Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3billion in damage.
September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
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