February 7 » Dreyfus affair: Émile Zola is brought to trial for libel for publishing J'Accuse…!.
March 16 » In Melbourne the representatives of five colonies adopted a constitution, which would become the basis of the Commonwealth of Australia.
April 22 » Spanish–American War: The USSNashville captures a Spanish merchant ship.
April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
August 25 » Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
Day of marriage April 19, 1922
The temperature on April 19, 1922 was between 4.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 12.6 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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.
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.
January 28 » Knickerbocker Storm, Washington D.C.'s biggest snowfall, causes the city's greatest loss of life when the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre collapses.
June 1 » The Royal Ulster Constabulary is founded.
June 17 » Portuguese naval aviators Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral complete the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic.
August 2 » A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China, killing more than 50,000 people.
September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
Day of death February 6, 1970
The temperature on February 6, 1970 was between -4.5 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 4 » French submarine Eurydice explodes underwater, resulting in the loss of the entire 57-man crew.
July 3 » The Troubles: The "Falls Curfew" begins in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
August 26 » A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.
December 17 » Polish protests: In Gdynia, soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens.
Day of burial February 11, 1970
The temperature on February 11, 1970 was between -1.2 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Rhodesia declares itself a republic, breaking its last links with the British crown.
May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
June 11 » After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first women to do so.
August 17 » Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
October 12 » Vietnam War: Vietnamization continues as President Nixon announces that the United States will withdraw 40,000 more troops before Christmas.
December 2 » The United States Environmental Protection Agency begins operations.
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