January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
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.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
Day of marriage July 27, 1939
The temperature on July 27, 1939 was between 11.4 °C and 22.3 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.8 hours of sunshine (75%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
August 2 » Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
September 1 » Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
November 15 » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
December 2 » New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
Day of death January 5, 1973
The temperature on January 5, 1973 was between -0.5 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (19%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
June 20 » Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
August 2 » A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
August 9 » Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.
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