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.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
Day of marriage October 20, 1926
The temperature on October 20, 1926 was between -1.6 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 3.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death November 12, 1990
The temperature on November 12, 1990 was between 7.4 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. The almost completely overcast 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
April 4 » The current flag of Hong Kong is adopted for post-colonial Hong Kong during the Third Session of the Seventh National People's Congress.
June 22 » Cold War: Checkpoint Charlie is dismantled in Berlin.
August 13 » A mainland Chinese fishing boat Min Ping Yu No. 5202 is hit by a Taiwan's naval vessel and sinks in a repatriation operation of mainland Chinese illegal immigrants, resulting in 21 deaths. This is the second tragedy less than a month after Min Ping Yu No. 5540 incident.
September 20 » South Ossetia declares its independence from Georgia.
October 15 » Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
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