March 14 » Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge, the first national wildlife refuge in the US, is established by President Theodore Roosevelt.
June 16 » The Ford Motor Company is incorporated.
July 1 » Start of first Tour de France bicycle race.
July 20 » The Ford Motor Company ships its first automobile.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
Day of death January 5, 1981
The temperature on January 5, 1981 was between 0.2 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 18 » Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
August 5 » President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
September 25 » Belize joins the United Nations.
October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
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