The temperature on January 18, 1920 was between 8.3 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 16 » Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated was founded on the campus of Howard University.
February 2 » The Tartu Peace Treaty is signed between Estonia and Russia.
May 5 » Authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder.
August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Day of marriage March 31, 1948
The temperature on March 31, 1948 was between 6.2 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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).
February 25 » In a coup d'état led by Klement Gottwald, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia takes control of government in Prague to end the Third Czechoslovak Republic.
May 7 » The Council of Europe is founded during the Hague Congress.
June 24 » Cold War: Start of the Berlin Blockade: The Soviet Union makes overland travel between West Germany and West Berlin impossible.
September 13 » Deputy Prime Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel orders the Army to move into Hyderabad to integrate it with the Indian Union.
September 14 » The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
November 1 » Six thousand people die when a Chinese merchant ship explodes and sinks off southern Manchuria.
Day of death July 28, 1959
The temperature on July 28, 1959 was between 10.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, is overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces.
February 16 » Fidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba after dictator Fulgencio Batista was overthrown on January 1.
June 20 » A rare June hurricane strikes Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence killing 35.
June 23 » Convicted Manhattan Project spy Klaus Fuchs is released after only nine years in prison and allowed to emigrate to Dresden, East Germany where he resumes a scientific career.
September 16 » The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.
October 7 » The Soviet probe Luna 3 transmits the first-ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
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