January 1 » New York, New York annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and The Bronx, are joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs.
April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of marriage October 22, 1919
The temperature on October 22, 1919 was between -1.4 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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.
February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
September 11 » United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.
November 11 » Latvian forces defeat the West Russian Volunteer Army at Riga in the Latvian War of Independence.
November 11 » The Industrial Workers of the World attack an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
Day of death April 17, 1963
The temperature on April 17, 1963 was between 6.3 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (31%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 10 » One hundred twenty-nine American sailors die when the submarine USSThresher sinks at sea.
June 20 » Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington and Moscow.
July 1 » The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
September 4 » Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
November 1 » The 1963 South Vietnamese coup begins.
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