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.
June 11 » The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.)
June 13 » Yukon Territory is formed, with Dawson chosen as its capital.
June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
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.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
Day of marriage September 6, 1919
The temperature on September 6, 1919 was between 12.6 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
June 14 » John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
September 10 » Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
October 7 » KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
Day of death September 24, 1978
The temperature on September 24, 1978 was between 13.5 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (12%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
May 25 » The first of a series of bombings orchestrated by the Unabomber detonates at Northwestern University resulting in minor injuries.
September 5 » Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat begin peace discussions at Camp David, Maryland.
September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
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