The temperature on September 30, 1920 was between 7.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
August 16 » Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
October 14 » Finland and Soviet Russia sign the Treaty of Tartu, exchanging some territories.
November 7 » Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow issues a decree that leads to the formation of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.
December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
Day of death October 13, 1947
The temperature on October 13, 1947 was between 7.8 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
April 15 » Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.
September 30 » The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
November 20 » The Princess Elizabeth marries Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who becomes the Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey in London.
November 29 » Partition Plan: The United Nations General Assembly approves a plan for the partition of Palestine.
December 16 » William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
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