The temperature on March 20, 1895 was about 6.4 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 92%. Source: KNMI
January 12 » The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
April 6 » Oscar Wilde is arrested in the Cadogan Hotel, London, after losing a libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry.
June 20 » The Kiel Canal, crossing the base of the Jutland peninsula and the busiest artificial waterway in the world, is officially opened.
September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
November 5 » George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
Day of marriage June 2, 1921
The temperature on June 2, 1921 was between 14.0 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
May 3 » West Virginia becomes the first state to legislate a broad sales tax, but does not implement it until a number of years later due to enforcement issues.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
October 26 » The Chicago Theatre opens.
November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
Day of death April 30, 1968
The temperature on April 30, 1968 was between 5.4 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
January 31 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
March 7 » Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military begin Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho.
April 7 » Motor racing world champion Jim Clark is killed in an accident during a Formula Two race at Hockenheim.
May 25 » The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
August 20 » Cold War: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia, crushing the Prague Spring. East German participation is limited to a few specialists due to memories of the recent war. Only Albania and Romania refuse to participate.
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