The temperature on March 26, 1920 was between 8.1 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
February 13 » The Negro National League is formed.
May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
Day of marriage January 7, 1943
The temperature on January 7, 1943 was between -3.4 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 11.8 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
February 23 » A fire breaks out at Saint Joseph's Orphanage, County Cavan, Ireland, killing 35 children and one adult.
March 27 » World War II: Battle of the Komandorski Islands: In the Aleutian Islands the battle begins when United States Navy forces intercept Japanese attempting to reinforce a garrison at Kiska.
May 14 » World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHSCentaur off the coast of Queensland.
September 8 » World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.
September 16 » World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
November 20 » World War II: Battle of Tarawa (Operation Galvanic) begins: United States Marines land on Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands and suffer heavy fire from Japanese shore guns and machine guns.
Day of death September 6, 1999
The temperature on September 6, 1999 was between 11.7 °C and 25.9 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » Crown Prince Abdullah becomes the King of Jordan on the death of his father, King Hussein.
April 7 » The World Trade Organization rules in favor of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas.
September 30 » The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
October 26 » Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament.
November 12 » The 7.2 Mw Düzce earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 845 people were killed and almost 5,000 were injured.
December 20 » Macau is handed over to China by Portugal.
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