April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
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 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of marriage June 8, 1921
The temperature on June 8, 1921 was between 10.4 °C and 27.4 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
August 28 » The Red Army dissolved the Free Territory, after driving the Black Army out of Ukraine.
October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
November 4 » The Saalschutz Abteilung (hall defense detachment) of the Nazi Party is renamed the Sturmabteilung (storm detachment) after a large riot in Munich.
December 22 » Opening of Visva-Bharati College, also known as Santiniketan College, now Visva Bharati University, India.
Day of death March 16, 1967
The temperature on March 16, 1967 was between 2.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
May 24 » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
September 10 » The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
November 9 » The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
December 4 » Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
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