June 27 » The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.
July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
July 25 » Spanish-American War: The American invasion of Spanish-held Puerto Rico begins, as United States Army troops under General Nelson A. Miles land and secure the port at Guánica.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
Day of marriage March 19, 1926
The temperature on March 19, 1926 was between 1.6 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 6 » Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
June 14 » Brazil leaves the League of Nations.
June 23 » The College Board administers the first SAT exam.
September 25 » The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed.
October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
Day of death May 21, 1992
The temperature on May 21, 1992 was between 11.6 °C and 25.2 °C and averaged 18.8 °C. There was 14.4 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 4 » A coup d'état is led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez.
March 17 » A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
May 17 » Three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon begin in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that results in 52 officially confirmed deaths, hundreds of injuries, many disappearances, and more than 3,500 arrests.
September 17 » An Iranian Kurdish leader and his two joiners are assassinated by political militants in Berlin.
November 13 » The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
December 14 » War in Abkhazia: Siege of Tkvarcheli: A helicopter carrying evacuees from Tkvarcheli is shot down, resulting in at least 52 deaths, including 25 children. The incident catalyses more concerted Russian military intervention on behalf of Abkhazia.
Day of cremation May 25, 1992
The temperature on May 25, 1992 was between 14.7 °C and 28.7 °C and averaged 21.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 1 » The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Bhopal court declares Warren Anderson, ex-CEO of Union Carbide, a fugitive under Indian law for failing to appear in the Bhopal disaster case.
April 6 » The Bosnian War begins.
April 8 » Retired tennis great Arthur Ashe announces that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries.
September 12 » Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path, is captured by Peruvian special forces; shortly thereafter the rest of Shining Path's leadership fell as well.
November 3 » Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 U.S. presidential election.
December 3 » A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
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