April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 22 » Spanish–American War: In a chaotic operation, 6,000 men of the U.S. Fifth Army Corps begins landing at Daiquirí, Cuba, about 16 miles (26km) east of Santiago de Cuba. Lt. Gen. Arsenio Linares y Pombo of the Spanish Army outnumbers them two-to-one, but does not oppose the landings.
July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
September 10 » Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
Day of marriage September 3, 1925
The temperature on September 3, 1925 was between 9.4 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
May 15 » Al-Insaniyyah, the first Arabic communist newspaper, is founded.
July 21 » Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150mph (241km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33mph (242km/h).
September 3 » USSShenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.
September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
Day of death June 26, 1991
The temperature on June 26, 1991 was between 12.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 8.8 mm of rain during 6.1 hours. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 9 » Representatives from the United States and Iraq meet at the Geneva Peace Conference to try to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
April 4 » Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania and six others are killed when a helicopter collides with their airplane over an elementary school in Merion, Pennsylvania.
May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
August 20 » Dissolution of the Soviet Union, August Coup: More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev.
Day of burial July 1, 1991
The temperature on July 1, 1991 was between 15.1 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 16.1 °C. There was 7.1 mm of rain during 7.1 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
June 19 » The last Soviet army units in Hungary are withdrawn.
August 6 » Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
October 18 » The Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopts a declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.
November 12 » Santa Cruz massacre: Indonesian forces open fire on a crowd of student protesters in Dili, East Timor.
November 18 » After an 87-day siege, the Croatian city of Vukovar capitulates to the besieging Yugoslav People's Army and allied Serb paramilitary forces.
December 4 » Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
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