January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
February 23 » Second Boer War: During the Battle of the Tugela Heights, the first British attempt to take Hart's Hill fails.
March 16 » Sir Arthur Evans purchased the land around the ruins of Knossos, the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete.
April 30 » Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
June 17 » Boxer Rebellion: Western Allied and Japanese forces capture the Taku Forts in Tianjin, China.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Christening day March 21, 1920
The temperature on March 21, 1920 was between 0.3 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 8 » The steel strike of 1919 ends in failure for the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers labor union.
January 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
February 14 » The League of Women Voters is founded in Chicago.
March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
July 15 » The Polish Parliament establishes Silesian Voivodeship before the Polish-German plebiscite.
December 3 » Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.
Day of death April 17, 1990
The temperature on April 17, 1990 was between 3.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly 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.
March 15 » Mikhail Gorbachev is elected as the first President of the Soviet Union.
August 7 » First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.
September 29 » The YF-22, which would later become the F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
November 12 » Crown Prince Akihito is formally installed as Emperor Akihito of Japan, becoming the 125th Japanese monarch.
November 22 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher withdraws from the Conservative Party leadership election, confirming the end of her Prime-Ministership.
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