The temperature on October 17, 1920 was between 2.2 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
May 2 » The first game of the Negro National League baseball is played in Indianapolis.
May 3 » A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
August 20 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio
August 20 » The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), begins operations in Detroit.
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 12 » Italy and the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes sign the Treaty of Rapallo.
Day of marriage August 14, 1939
The temperature on August 14, 1939 was between 7.1 °C and 20.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
April 1 » Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
September 9 » Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government.
October 16 » World War II: No. 603 Squadron RAF intercepts the first Luftwaffe raid on Britain.
November 8 » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
December 18 » World War II: The Battle of the Heligoland Bight, the first major air battle of the war, takes place.
Day of death November 28, 1992
The temperature on November 28, 1992 was between 1.4 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
January 22 » Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
February 15 » Air Transport International Flight 805 crashes near Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, killing all four people on board.
August 12 » Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
November 3 » Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
November 24 » China Southern Airlines Flight 3943 crashes on approach to Guilin Qifengling Airport in Guilin, China, killing all 141 people on board.
December 9 » American troops land in Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.
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