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Day of death April 8, 1920

• The temperature on April 8, 1920 was between 7.6 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 5.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • March 8 » The Arab Kingdom of Syria, the first modern Arab state to come into existence, is established.
  • March 12 » The Kapp Putsch begins when the Marinebrigade Ehrhardt is ordered to march on Berlin.
  • August 19 » The Tambov Rebellion breaks out, in response to the Bolshevik policy of Prodrazvyorstka.
  • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.
  • October 10 » The Carinthian plebiscite determines that the larger part of the Duchy of Carinthia should remain part of Austria.
  • December 22 » The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.

Source: Wikipedia

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