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 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
July 20 » The Greek Army takes control of Silivri after Greece is awarded the city by the Paris Peace Conference; by 1923 Greece effectively lost control to the Turks.
August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
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 18 » The IRA explodes bombs in the early morning at Paddington station and Victoria station in London.
March 3 » An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.
August 25 » Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
October 3 » Nadine Gordimer is announced as the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
November 26 » National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
December 4 » Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
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