The temperature on May 1, 1920 was between 3.3 °C and 16.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (33%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
May 9 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigły celebrates its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreshchatyk.
August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
Day of death August 11, 1924
The temperature on August 11, 1924 was between 9.7 °C and 22.9 °C and averaged 16.9 °C. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 8 » Capital punishment: The first state execution in the United States by gas chamber takes place in Nevada.
July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
September 28 » The first aerial circumnavigation is completed by a team from the US Army.
October 31 » World Savings Day is announced in Milan, Italy by the Members of the Association at the 1st International Savings Bank Congress (World Society of Savings Banks).
November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
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