{"slug": "gulf-of-mexico", "label": "Gulf of Mexico", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12630", "qid": "Q12630", "description": "marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean", "entries": 10, "years": 10, "span": [1568, 2024], "span_label": ["1568 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 3}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "florida", "label": "Florida", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "texas", "label": "Texas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mississippi-river", "label": "Mississippi River", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-france", "label": "New France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brest-france", "label": "Brest, France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "atlantic-ocean", "label": "Atlantic Ocean", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-spanish-war-15851604", "label": "Anglo-Spanish War (1585–1604)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1568, "year_label": "1568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (Anglo-Spanish War): In the Gulf of Mexico, a Spanish fleet forces English privateers under John Hawkins to end their campaign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362476556#July–September", "title": "1568", "revid": 1362476556, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "July 24", "text": "July 24 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle sails again from France, with a large expedition designed to establish a French colony on the Gulf of Mexico, at the mouth of the Mississippi River.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366005630#July–September", "title": "1684", "revid": 1366005630, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1698, "year_label": "1698 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – Iberville and Bienville sail from Brest to the Gulf of Mexico, to defend the southern borders of New France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370144847#October–December", "title": "1698", "revid": 1370144847, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 10", "text": "September 10–15 – The Florida Keys hurricane kills 600 in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida and Texas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#September", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – A sixth tropical storm develops in the Gulf of Mexico; a rare occurrence, it consists of four active tropical storms simultaneously.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367772921#September–October", "title": "1923", "revid": 1367772921, "section": "Events › September–October"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July", "text": "The SS Robert E. Lee is sunk in the Gulf of Mexico by , which is itself sunk by the escorting patrol craft.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#July", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1979, "year_label": "1979 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 3", "text": "June 3 – Ixtoc I oil spill: A blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico causes at least 600,000 tons (176,400,000 gallons) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the worst oil spill to date. Some estimate the spill to be 428 million gallons, making it the largest unintentional oil spill until it is surpassed by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371786119#June", "title": "1979", "revid": 1371786119, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Mega Borg oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, Texas.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366571855#June", "title": "1990", "revid": 1366571855, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2010, "year_label": "2010 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – The Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform explodes in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers. The resulting Horizon oil spill, one of the largest in history, spreads for several months, damaging the waters and the United States coastline, and prompting international debate and doubt about the practice and procedures of offshore drilling.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372829682#April", "title": "2010", "revid": 1372829682, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Hurricane Milton becomes the fourth most intense hurricane in the Atlantic Basin, and the most intense storm in the Gulf of Mexico tying with Hurricane Rita in 2005. Milton is also the first hurricane to reach a pressure below 900 millibars in nearly 20 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#October", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › October"}}]}