In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
February 7 » The Cripple Creek miner's strike, led by the Western Federation of Miners, begins in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States.
April 21 » Norway formally adopts the Krag–Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
September 17 » Battle of the Yalu River, the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War.
November 21 » Port Arthur, China, falls to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War; Japanese troops are accused of massacring the remaining inhabitants.
Day of marriage May 15, 1920
The temperature on May 15, 1920 was between 3.9 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 17 » Alcohol Prohibition begins in the United States as the Volstead Act goes into effect.
March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
August 10 » World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
November 21 » Irish War of Independence: In Dublin, 31 people are killed in what became known as "Bloody Sunday".
Day of death November 2, 1944
The temperature on November 2, 1944 was between 0.5 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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.
June 15 » World War II: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.
August 25 » World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
September 6 » World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
October 2 » World War II: German troops end the Warsaw Uprising.
October 25 » Second World War: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
November 26 » World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
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