February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
October 14 » The steam ship SSMohegan sinks near the Lizard peninsula, Cornwall, killing 106.
Day of marriage May 9, 1928
The temperature on May 9, 1928 was between 0.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
June 8 » Second Northern Expedition: The National Revolutionary Army captures Peking, whose name is changed to Beijing ("Northern Capital").
June 9 » Charles Kingsford Smith completes the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross.
October 2 » The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded.
October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
Day of death October 29, 1983
The temperature on October 29, 1983 was between -1.1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
August 21 » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).
October 25 » The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
December 4 » US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian Missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. 1 American pilot was killed, one was rescued and one is captured.
December 10 » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
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