The temperature on May 20, 1920 was between 6.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
May 29 » The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth which occurred 29 May 1920, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in Britain during the 20th century.
August 15 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
Day of marriage October 3, 1945
The temperature on October 3, 1945 was between 5.6 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
January 9 » World War II: The Sixth United States Army begins the invasion of Lingayen Gulf.
March 29 » World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
April 25 » Elbe Day: United States and Soviet troops meet in Torgau along the River Elbe, cutting the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany in two.
May 1 » World War II: Yugoslav Partisans liberate Trieste.
May 2 » World War II: The Soviet Union announces the fall of Berlin.
May 2 » World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberates Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death.
Day of death June 24, 1966
The temperature on June 24, 1966 was between 10.2 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » In an interview in the London Evening Standard, The Beatles' John Lennon declares that the band is "more popular than Jesus now".
March 17 » Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSVAlvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
June 2 » Surveyor program: Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on another world.
June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
October 4 » Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.
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