June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
Day of marriage April 8, 1937
The temperature on April 8, 1937 was between 8.8 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 9 » The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.
April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
July 24 » Alabama drops rape charges against the "Scottsboro Boys".
July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.
Day of death April 24, 1944
The temperature on April 24, 1944 was between 6.1 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.7 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
February 23 » The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
June 7 » World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, is sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
June 20 » The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
September 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
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