February 28 » Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
September 1 » The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
September 12 » Tirah Campaign: In the Battle of Saragarhi, ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of marriage November 9, 1918
The temperature on November 9, 1918 was between -0.3 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
January 8 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson announces his "Fourteen Points" for the aftermath of World War I.
January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
May 14 » Cape Town Mayor, Sir Harry Hands, inaugurates the Two-minute silence.
August 21 » World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.
November 1 » Western Ukraine separates from Austria-Hungary.
November 18 » Latvia declares its independence from Russia.
Day of death June 3, 1970
The temperature on June 3, 1970 was between 5.0 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
March 18 » Lon Nol ousts Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
November 10 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.
November 12 » The 1970 Bhola cyclone makes landfall on the coast of East Pakistan becoming the deadliest tropical cyclone in history.
December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
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