The temperature on January 21, 1920 was between 3.2 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
November 15 » The Free City of Danzig is established.
Day of marriage July 8, 1953
The temperature on July 8, 1953 was between 13.5 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 24 » Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
June 2 » The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
June 17 » Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
August 12 » The first testing of a real thermonuclear weapon (not test devices): The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4), the first Soviet thermonuclear bomb.
September 26 » Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends
December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
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