April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
September 13 » Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Day of marriage August 27, 1935
The temperature on August 27, 1935 was between 11.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 8.7 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
March 21 » Shah of Iran Reza Shah Pahlavi formally asks the international community to call Persia by its native name, Iran.
May 24 » The first night game in Major League Baseball history is played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field.
September 15 » Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag bearing the swastika.
December 9 » Walter Liggett, American newspaper editor and muckraker, is killed in a gangland murder.
December 27 » Regina Jonas is ordained as the first female rabbi in the history of Judaism.
Day of death June 20, 1957
The temperature on June 20, 1957 was between 12.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
January 11 » The African Convention is founded in Dakar, Senegal.
March 25 » United States Customs seizes copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
October 10 » The Windscale fire results in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
November 1 » The Mackinac Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages at the time, opens to traffic connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas.
December 2 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 126 relating to Kashmir conflict is adopted.
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