February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
Day of marriage February 1, 1922
The temperature on February 1, 1922 was between -0.8 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 27 » A challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
April 16 » The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
April 20 » The Soviet government creates South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within Georgian SSR.
May 10 » The United States annexes the Kingman Reef.
July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Day of death October 15, 1959
The temperature on October 15, 1959 was between 5.2 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
April 8 » The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
June 26 » Swedish boxer Ingemar Johansson becomes world champion of heavy weight boxing, by defeating American Floyd Patterson on technical knockout after two minutes and three seconds in the third round at Yankee Stadium.
July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
August 14 » Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
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