The temperature on February 20, 1908 was between 2.4 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
March 9 » Inter Milan was founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan.
April 11 » SMSBlücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
November 25 » A fire breaks out on SSSardinia as it leaves Malta's Grand Harbour, resulting in the ship's grounding and the deaths of at least 118 people.
Day of marriage May 11, 1936
The temperature on May 11, 1936 was between 9.6 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 26 » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
August 10 » Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Spanish Republic.
September 7 » The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
October 4 » The British Union of Fascists and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
December 23 » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death June 20, 1999
The temperature on June 20, 1999 was between 10.3 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.3 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 7 » The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins.
January 22 » Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two sons are burned alive by radical Hindus while sleeping in their car in Eastern India.
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
March 20 » Legoland California, the first Legoland outside of Europe, opens in Carlsbad, California, US.
October 12 » The World Population reaches 6 billion.
November 19 » Shenzhou 1: The People's Republic of China launches its first Shenzhou spacecraft.
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