Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Friday, June 26, 1914. Intervening in the Dominican Republic.

Photograph of Salem, Massachusetts. This photograph is the first photo taken from the air recording a disaster.

The US landed Marines and Sailors at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, to end the city's bombardment and protect the port from disruption during the country's civil war.

The South African senate passed the Indian Relief Bill abolishing a tax against Indian citizens, recognizing Indian ceremonial marriages, relaxing immigration laws, and pardoning members of the Indian resistance movement, which Mahatma Gandhi then suspended.

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Thursday, June 25, 1914. Deaths and a disaster.

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