January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
June 22 » British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of marriage October 21, 1920
The temperature on October 21, 1920 was between -3.3 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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.
May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
May 7 » Treaty of Moscow: Soviet Russia recognizes the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia only to invade the country six months later.
July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
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.
November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
Day of death July 30, 1962
The temperature on July 30, 1962 was between 5.8 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
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