April 20 » U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution to Congress for declaration of war against Spain, beginning the Spanish–American War.
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.
August 12 » The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States.
August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
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 April 21, 1921
The temperature on April 21, 1921 was between 2.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
March 6 » Portuguese Communist Party is founded as the Portuguese Section of the Communist International.
July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
November 14 » The Communist Party of Spain is founded, and issues the first edition of Mundo obrero.
Day of death October 11, 1982
The temperature on October 11, 1982 was between 8.3 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
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.
July 18 » Two hundred sixty-eight Guatemalan campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.
August 27 » Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1⁄2 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
October 1 » Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.
October 14 » U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs.
November 3 » The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan by kills 150–2000 people.
November 12 » USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev.
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