April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
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.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
Day of marriage April 30, 1919
The temperature on April 30, 1919 was between 2.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 9.1 mm of rain. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
October 2 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him incapacitated for several weeks.
December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.
Day of death February 15, 1983
The temperature on February 15, 1983 was between -3.4 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 22 » The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
April 4 » Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
May 1 » The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
October 4 » Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
October 25 » The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
December 31 » In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.
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