February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
February 22 » Filipino forces led by General Antonio Luna launch counterattacks for the first time against the American forces during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos fail to regain Manila from the Americans.
July 17 » NEC Corporation is organized as the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of marriage December 11, 1925
The temperature on December 11, 1925 was between -0.1 °C and 5.5 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
January 30 » The Government of Turkey expels Patriarch Constantine VI from Istanbul.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
March 21 » Syngman Rhee is removed from office after being impeached as the President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
April 4 » The Schutzstaffel (SS) is founded under Adolf Hitler's Nazi party in Germany.
May 14 » Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs Dalloway is published.
October 30 » John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.
Day of death November 27, 1987
The temperature on November 27, 1987 was between 1.2 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain during 5.1 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
January 4 » The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people.
May 1 » Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.
August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
August 7 » Cold War: Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the Soviet Union, crossing the Bering Strait from Little Diomede Island in Alaska to Big Diomede in the Soviet Union.
October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
November 28 » South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
Day of burial December 1, 1987
The temperature on December 1, 1987 was between -1.9 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
April 18 » The New York Islanders defeat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in Game 7 of their Patrick Division Semifinal series.
May 11 » Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
June 29 » Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4million at an auction in London, England.
July 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
August 4 » The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".
August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
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