April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Day of marriage June 6, 1924
The temperature on June 6, 1924 was between 1.7 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
January 22 » Ramsay MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
May 21 » University of Chicago students Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr. murder 14-year-old Bobby Franks in a "thrill killing".
June 10 » Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
June 26 » The American occupation of the Dominican Republic ends after eight years.
July 11 » Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday.
October 27 » The Uzbek SSR is founded in the Soviet Union.
Day of death August 4, 1972
The temperature on August 4, 1972 was between 8.6 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
February 29 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
July 21 » The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
July 31 » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
November 23 » The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
December 29 » Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes in the Florida Everglades on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101 of the 176 people on board.
Day of burial August 8, 1972
The temperature on August 8, 1972 was between 14.3 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
January 24 » Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
January 30 » Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh.
April 10 » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
June 15 » Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen.
November 8 » American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches, initially transmitting to 365 Teleservice Cable subscribers in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. First operating as a Northeastern U.S.-based regional service, HBO was one of the first cable-originated television channels. HBO's inaugural programming that evening consisted of its first event telecast—an NHL hockey game between the New York Rangers and the Vancouver Canucks, and its first movie presentation—the 1971 Paul Newman–Henry Fonda film Sometimes a Great Notion.
December 8 » United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737.
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