February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
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.
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 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of death October 8, 1974
The temperature on October 8, 1974 was between 2.9 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
April 6 » The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
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