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.
April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
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.
August 28 » Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
October 18 » The United States takes possession of Puerto Rico from Spain.
Day of marriage October 31, 1935
The temperature on October 31, 1935 was between 9.4 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 11 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.
February 28 » DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
April 8 » The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.
July 20 » Switzerland: A Royal Dutch Airlines plane en route from Milan to Frankfurt crashes into a Swiss mountain, killing thirteen.
October 20 » The Long March, a mammoth retreat undertaken by the armed forces of the Chinese Communist Party a year prior, ends.
December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
Day of death December 13, 1988
The temperature on December 13, 1988 was between 6.5 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
April 25 » In Israel, John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II.
June 1 » The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty comes into effect.
August 31 » Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
November 8 » U.S. Vice President George H. W. Bush is elected as the 41st president.
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