The temperature on December 19, 1919 was between 3.6 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
May 15 » The Winnipeg general strike begins. By 11:00, almost the whole working population of Winnipeg had walked off the job.
June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.
Day of death November 24, 1920
The temperature on November 24, 1920 was between -3.2 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (81%). 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.
January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
January 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
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.
November 28 » FIDAC (The Interallied Federation of War Veterans Organisations), the first international organization of war veterans is established in Paris, France
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