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.
June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
November 3 » France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
November 10 » Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in United States history.
Day of marriage May 21, 1926
The temperature on May 21, 1926 was between 7.6 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 8.2 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 15 » The dictator Theodoros Pangalos is elected President of Greece without opposition.
May 18 » Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappears in Venice, California.
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.
November 25 » The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
Day of death May 22, 1985
The temperature on May 22, 1985 was between 8.8 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
July 10 » The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.
August 12 » Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
October 4 » The Free Software Foundation is founded.
October 30 » Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
December 27 » Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.
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