January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
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.
November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Day of marriage April 7, 1937
The temperature on April 7, 1937 was between 6.1 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.5 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 21 » The League of Nations bans foreign national "volunteers" in the Spanish Civil War.
March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
May 6 » Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
June 30 » The world's first emergency telephone number, 999, is introduced in London.
October 2 » Rafael Trujillo orders the execution of Haitians living in the northwestern region of the Dominican Republic.
Day of death December 21, 1966
The temperature on December 21, 1966 was between 0.7 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
March 4 » A Canadian Pacific Air Lines DC-8-43 explodes on landing at Tokyo International Airport, killing 64 people.
May 21 » The Ulster Volunteer Force declares war on the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
May 30 » Former Congolese Prime Minister, Évariste Kimba, and several other politicians are publicly executed in Kinshasa on the orders of President Joseph Mobutu.
November 4 » The Arno River floods Florence, Italy, to a maximum depth of 6.7m (22ft), leaving thousands homeless and destroying millions of masterpieces of art and rare books. Also Venice was submerged on the same day at its record all-time acqua alta of 194cm (76in).
November 8 » Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.
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