February 23 » Émile Zola is imprisoned in France after writing J'Accuse…!, a letter accusing the French government of antisemitism and wrongfully imprisoning Captain Alfred Dreyfus.
August 11 » Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
August 13 » Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be found.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
December 18 » Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the first officially recognized land speed record of 39.245mph (63.159km/h) in a Jeantaud electric car.
Day of marriage February 26, 1918
The temperature on February 26, 1918 was between -1.2 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
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 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
March 12 » Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for most of the period since 1713.
April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
July 15 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack.
July 17 » The RMSCarpathia, the ship that rescued the 705 survivors from the RMSTitanic, is sunk off Ireland by the German SMU-55; five lives are lost.
December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.
Day of death July 23, 1958
The temperature on July 23, 1958 was between 10.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers are killed in the Munich air disaster.
September 1 » Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
October 4 » The current constitution of France is adopted.
December 1 » The Our Lady of the Angels School fire in Chicago kills 92 children and three nuns.
December 9 » The John Birch Society is founded in the United States.
December 11 » French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gain self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community.
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