The temperature on August 20, 1920 was between 8.0 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10 » League of Nations Covenant enters into force. On January 16 the organization holds its first council meeting, in Paris.
January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
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 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Day of death June 23, 1991
The temperature on June 23, 1991 was between 12.0 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 28.2 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 7 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
February 13 » Gulf War: Two laser-guided "smart bombs" destroy the Amiriyah shelter in Baghdad. Allied forces said the bunker was being used as a military communications outpost, but over 400 Iraqi civilians inside were killed.
May 5 » A riot breaks out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shoot a Salvadoran man.
July 1 » Cold War: The Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
August 19 » Crown Heights riot begins.
November 28 » South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
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