February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
Day of marriage May 1, 1918
The temperature on May 1, 1918 was between 4.0 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
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.
February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
February 21 » The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
July 4 » Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
September 15 » World War I: Allied troops break through the Bulgarian defenses on the Macedonian front.
Day of death March 19, 1987
The temperature on March 19, 1987 was between -1 °C and 5.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
April 8 » Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
May 5 » Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America
July 5 » Sri Lankan Civil War: The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers are born and, in the following years, will continue to kill with the tactic.
August 16 » Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
December 8 » An Israeli army tank transporter kills four Palestinian refugees and injures seven others during a traffic accident at the Erez Crossing on the Israel–Gaza Strip border, which has been cited as one of the events which sparked the First Intifada.
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