February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
July 7 » US President William McKinley signs the Newlands Resolution annexing Hawaii as a territory of the United States.
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.
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
Day of marriage May 24, 1921
The temperature on May 24, 1921 was between 9.6 °C and 28.1 °C and averaged 19.5 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
January 16 » The Marxist Left in Slovakia and the Transcarpathian Ukraine holds its founding congress in Ľubochňa.
January 20 » The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
February 15 » Kingdom of Romania establishes its legation in Helsinki.
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.
June 28 » Serbian King Alexander I proclaims the new constitution of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, known thereafter as the Vidovdan Constitution.
Day of death July 16, 1975
The temperature on July 16, 1975 was between 14.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
May 27 » Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
June 29 » Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
September 16 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
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