July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
Day of death January 9, 1999
The temperature on January 9, 1999 was between -1.5 °C and 5.2 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » A 6.0 magnitude earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least 1,000.
February 24 » China Southwest Airlines Flight 4509, a Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft, crashes on approach to Wenzhou Longwan International Airport in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. All 61 people on board are killed.
April 8 » Haryana Gana Parishad, a political party in the Indian state of Haryana, merges with the Indian National Congress.
August 19 » In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.
September 14 » Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
November 9 » TAESA Flight 725 crashes after takeoff from Uruapan International Airport in Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.
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