The temperature on February 10, 1921 was between -1.5 °C and 3.7 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
July 23 » The Communist Party of China (CPC) is established at the founding National Congress.
August 3 » Major League Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis confirms the ban of the eight Chicago Black Sox, the day after they were acquitted by a Chicago court.
August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
Day of death September 6, 1980
The temperature on September 6, 1980 was between 12.4 °C and 20.3 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
March 23 » Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvador gives his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans.
April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
September 30 » Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
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