January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
September 21 » Empress Dowager Cixi seizes power and ends the Hundred Days' Reform in China.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of marriage November 25, 1921
The temperature on November 25, 1921 was between -5.1 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged -0.6 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
March 17 » The Second Polish Republic adopts the March Constitution.
April 2 » The Autonomous Government of Khorasan, a military government encompassing the modern state of Iran, is established.
July 10 » Belfast's Bloody Sunday: Sixteen people are killed and 161 houses destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
Day of death October 14, 1989
The temperature on October 14, 1989 was between 7.3 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (38%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 6 » Satwant Singh and Kehar Singh are sentenced to death for conspiracy in the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi; the two men are executed the same day.
February 14 » Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 million to the Indian government for damages it caused in the 1984 Bhopal disaster.
July 17 » First flight of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber.
July 19 » United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
October 19 » The convictions of the Guildford Four are quashed by the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, after they had spent 15 years in prison.
December 2 » The Peace Agreement of Hat Yai is signed and ratified by the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) and the governments of Malaysia and Thailand, ending the over two-decade-long communist insurgency in Malaysia.
Day of burial October 19, 1989
The temperature on October 19, 1989 was between 9.3 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
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