February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
February 16 » Iceland's first football club, Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur, is founded.
April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
May 8 » The Irish Literary Theatre in Dublin produced its first play.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
November 28 » The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
Day of marriage April 20, 1926
The temperature on April 20, 1926 was between 3.7 °C and 12.0 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (28%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz.
April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
August 6 » In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
September 8 » Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
November 11 » The United States Numbered Highway System is established.
December 17 » Antanas Smetona assumes power in Lithuania as the 1926 coup d'état is successful.
Day of death March 27, 1991
The temperature on March 27, 1991 was between 2.0 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (89%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
January 7 » Roger Lafontant, former leader of the Tonton Macoute in Haiti under François Duvalier, attempts a coup d'état, which ends in his arrest.
January 12 » Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
January 15 » Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system.
January 15 » The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
May 18 » Northern Somalia declares independence from the rest of Somalia as the Republic of Somaliland but is not recognized by the international community.
August 6 » Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
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