June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
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.
December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
Day of death November 14, 1978
The temperature on November 14, 1978 was between 5.1 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
May 8 » The first ascent of Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen, by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler.
June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
October 1 » Tuvalu gains independence from the United Kingdom.
November 15 » A chartered Douglas DC-8 crashes near Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing 183.
November 17 » The Star Wars Holiday Special airs on CBS, receiving negative reception from critics, fans, and even Star Wars creator George Lucas.
November 23 » The Geneva Frequency Plan of 1975 goes into effect, realigning many of Europe's longwave and mediumwave broadcasting frequencies.
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