1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1930; Census Place: East St Louis, St Clair, Illinois; Roll: 557; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0068; Image: 346.0; FHL microfilm: 2340292 / Ancestry.com
April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 13 » Spanish–American War: Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands.
Day of marriage October 6, 1917
The temperature on October 6, 1917 was between 4.6 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 7.9 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
August 6 » World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.
October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.
November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.
Day of death February 5, 1973
The temperature on February 5, 1973 was between -3.1 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
March 1 » Black September storms the Saudi embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, resulting in the assassination of three Western hostages.
April 6 » Launch of Pioneer 11 spacecraft.
April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
May 17 » Watergate scandal: Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
June 23 » A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
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