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★18 Aug 1891
A hurricane struck Martinique, killing about 700 people, injuring at least 1,000 others, and obliterating houses, trees, and crops across the entire island.

★01 Jan 1892
The immigration station on Ellis Island in New York Harbor opened, and over the course of its existence, processed 12 million immigrants to the United States.

★10 Dec 1898
The Spanish–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, with Spain recognizing the independence of Cuba and ceding Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico to the United States.

★13 Jan 1910
The first public radio broadcast, a live performance of Cavalleria rusticana from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City, was sent over the airwaves.

★21 May 1911
Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero signed the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to end the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.

★05 Nov 1925
Sidney Reilly, a "super-spy" who was one of the inspirations for James Bond, was executed by the Soviet secret police.

★20 May 1927
By the Treaty of Jeddah, the United Kingdom recognized the sovereignty of King Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia over Hejaz and Nejd, which later merged to become Saudi Arabia.

★08 Dec 1927
Three different organizations established by Robert S. Brookings merged to form the Brookings Institution, one of the United States' oldest think tanks.

★23 Jan 1942
World War II: Japan began its invasion of the island of New Britain in the Australian Territory of New Guinea.

★16 Nov 1944
Operation Queen commenced in Düren, Germany, with one of the heaviest Allied tactical bombing attacks of the Second World War.

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