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 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of marriage December 16, 1921
The temperature on December 16, 1921 was between 0.4 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 3.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
February 22 » After Russian forces under Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg drive the Chinese out, the Bogd Khan is reinstalled as the emperor of Mongolia.
March 18 » The second Peace of Riga is signed between Poland and the Soviet Union.
March 21 » The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of war communism.
March 24 » The 1921 Women's Olympiad begins in Monte Carlo, first international women's sports event.
September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
October 29 » United States: Second trial of Sacco and Vanzetti in Boston, Massachusetts.
Day of death January 15, 1965
The temperature on January 15, 1965 was between 1.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 15 » A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner.
February 20 » Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
August 15 » The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
October 17 » The 1964–65 New York World's Fair closes after two years and more than 51 million attendees.
November 28 » Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
December 9 » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.
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