April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
June 10 » Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of marriage October 24, 1923
The temperature on October 24, 1923 was between 7.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 9.9 mm of rain. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 10 » Texas Tech University is founded as Texas Technological College in Lubbock, Texas
February 16 » Howard Carter unseals the burial chamber of Pharaoh Tutankhamun.
September 9 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
October 15 » The German Rentenmark is introduced in Germany to counter hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic.
October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
November 11 » Adolf Hitler was arrested in Munich for high treason for his role in the Beer Hall Putsch.
Day of death October 4, 1958
The temperature on October 4, 1958 was between 13.2 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 18 » Willie O'Ree, the first Black Canadian National Hockey League player, makes his NHL debut with the Boston Bruins.
May 30 » Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
September 2 » United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
October 1 » The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
December 28 » "Greatest Game Ever Played": Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York's Yankee Stadium.
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