February 15 » The battleship USSMaine explodes and sinks in Havana harbor in Cuba, killing 274. This event leads the United States to declare war on Spain.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
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.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of death March 13, 1975
The temperature on March 13, 1975 was between 3.0 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
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 25 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
April 21 » Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyễn Văn Thiệu flees Saigon, as Xuân Lộc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.
November 27 » The Provisional IRA assassinates Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England.
Day of burial March 18, 1975
The temperature on March 18, 1975 was between -2.3 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 0.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (43%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
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.
April 13 » An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
June 5 » The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.
August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
August 27 » The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
October 16 » Indonesian troops kill the Balibo Five, a group of Australian journalists, Portuguese Timor.
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