The temperature on January 28, 1920 was between 5.4 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
May 16 » In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes Joan of Arc.
August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.
Day of death December 19, 1968
The temperature on December 19, 1968 was between -4.2 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged -0.5 °C. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
August 2 » An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
October 31 » Vietnam War October surprise: Citing progress with the Paris peace talks, US President Lyndon B. Johnson announces to the nation that he has ordered a complete cessation of "all air, naval, and artillery bombardment of North Vietnam" effective November 1.
November 26 » Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
December 22 » Cultural Revolution: People's Daily posted the instructions of Mao Zedong that "The intellectual youth must go to the country, and will be educated from living in rural poverty."
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