The temperature on June 14, 1920 was between 12.2 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 8.1 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
March 13 » The Kapp Putsch briefly ousts the Weimar Republic government from Berlin.
May 7 » Morecambe Football Club was founded during a meeting at the West View Hotel on the town's promenade.
August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
August 18 » The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
August 25 » Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
November 28 » Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
Day of death August 20, 1945
The temperature on August 20, 1945 was between 11.9 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 15.0 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (8%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
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 1 » World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow.
February 24 » Egyptian Premier Ahmad Mahir Pasha is killed in Parliament after reading a decree.
May 5 » World War II: Battle of Castle Itter, the only battle in which American and German troops fought cooperatively.
June 10 » Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
July 23 » The post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain begin.
July 29 » The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
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