April 25 » New York becomes the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
June 17 » The College Board introduces its first standardized test, the forerunner to the SAT.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
Day of marriage May 20, 1931
The temperature on May 20, 1931 was between 7.4 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
March 31 » An earthquake in Nicaragua destroys Managua; killing 2,000.
April 14 » The Spanish Cortes deposes King Alfonso XIII and proclaims the Second Spanish Republic.
May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.
Day of death July 31, 1991
The temperature on July 31, 1991 was between 12.3 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 20 » In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
March 26 » Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market.
June 12 » Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacres 152 minority Tamil civilians in the village of Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa.
August 9 » The Italian prosecuting magistrate Antonino Scopelliti is murdered by the 'Ndrangheta on behalf of the Sicilian Mafia while preparing the government's case in the final appeal of the Maxi Trial.
September 6 » The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
October 26 » Three months after the end of the Ten-Day War, the last soldier of the Yugoslav People's Army leaves the territory of the Republic of Slovenia.
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