The temperature on February 23, 1926 was between 5.9 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
August 5 » Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
Day of marriage August 20, 1948
The temperature on August 20, 1948 was between 9.8 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
April 7 » The World Health Organization is established by the United Nations.
April 9 » Fighters from the Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary groups attacked Deir Yassin near Jerusalem, killing over 100.
June 18 » Columbia Records introduces the long-playing record album in a public demonstration at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.
July 31 » USSNevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
August 10 » Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
September 22 » Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League.
Day of death June 20, 1968
The temperature on June 20, 1968 was between 10.8 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.4 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 29 » The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.
May 26 » H-dagurinn in Iceland: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight
July 17 » Abdul Rahman Arif is overthrown and the Ba'ath Party is installed as the governing power in Iraq with Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr as the new Iraqi President.
July 18 » Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
December 20 » The Zodiac Killer kills Betty Lou Jenson and David Faraday in Vallejo, California.
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