The temperature on April 10, 1920 was between 9.7 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
January 16 » The League of Nations holds its first council meeting in Paris, France.
January 26 » Former Ford Motor Company executive Henry Leland launches the Lincoln Motor Company which he later sold to his former employer.
August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
August 26 » The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.
Day of death May 20, 1947
The temperature on May 20, 1947 was between 5.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
July 1 » The Philippine Air Force is established.
October 1 » The North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
October 16 » The Philippines takes over the administration of the Turtle Islands and the Mangsee Islands from the United Kingdom.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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