February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
May 8 » The first games of the Italian football league system are played.
June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
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 February 23, 1921
The temperature on February 23, 1921 was between -2.7 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
March 31 » The Royal Australian Air Force is formed.
April 11 » Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.
May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
November 4 » Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.
November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
Day of death December 16, 1967
The temperature on December 16, 1967 was between 0.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
January 27 » Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
September 11 » China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted a military clashes.
October 26 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
October 29 » Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
When copying data from this family tree, please include a reference to the origin: Jeroen Sikkel, "De familierelatie tussen personen met de achternaam Sikkel", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/de-stambomen-van-alert-en-arie-sikkel/I274.php : accessed May 19, 2024), "Jacobus Johannes Sikkel (1898-1967)".
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