January 13 » Émile Zola's J'accuse…! exposes the Dreyfus affair.
July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
October 6 » Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the largest American music fraternity, is founded at the New England Conservatory of Music.
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.
December 10 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
Day of marriage March 13, 1924
The temperature on March 13, 1924 was between -2.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 5 » The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal.
March 3 » The Free State of Fiume is annexed by the Kingdom of Italy.
April 1 » Adolf Hitler is sentenced to five years imprisonment for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch" but spends only nine months in jail.
August 28 » The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
December 24 » Albania becomes a republic.
Day of death September 25, 1990
The temperature on September 25, 1990 was between 8.2 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (41%). 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 3 » United States invasion of Panama: Manuel Noriega, former leader of Panama, surrenders to American forces.
March 18 » Germans in the German Democratic Republic vote in the first democratic elections in the former communist dictatorship.
April 12 » Jim Gary's "Twentieth Century Dinosaurs" exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. He is the only sculptor ever invited to present a solo exhibition there.
September 18 » Liechtenstein becomes a member of the United Nations.
November 2 » British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses.
November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
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