February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
August 31 » Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage October 16, 1920
The temperature on October 16, 1920 was between 8.6 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-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.
January 19 » The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is founded.
January 23 » The Netherlands refuses to surrender the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany to the Allies.
August 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.
December 24 » Gabriele D'Annunzio surrendered the Italian Regency of Carnaro in the city of Fiume to Italian armed forces.
Day of death September 1, 1980
The temperature on September 1, 1980 was between 8.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
April 2 » United States President Jimmy Carter signs the Crude Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act.
May 14 » Salvadoran Civil War: the Sumpul River massacre occurs in Chalatenango, El Salvador.
August 26 » After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
September 1 » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
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