April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
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 April 20, 1921
The temperature on April 20, 1921 was between -1.6 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 12 » Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
September 21 » A storage silo in Oppau, Germany, explodes, killing 500–600 people.
November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
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