January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
November 21 » The Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39–0, in the first ever professional American football night game.
Day of marriage May 19, 1932
The temperature on May 19, 1932 was between 12.3 °C and 24.7 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
May 28 » In the Netherlands, construction of the Afsluitdijk is completed and the Zuiderzee bay is converted to the freshwater IJsselmeer.
July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
July 8 » The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, closing at 41.22.
December 19 » BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
Day of death December 26, 1980
The temperature on December 26, 1980 was between 1.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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.
January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
January 27 » Through cooperation between the U.S. and Canadian governments, six American diplomats secretly escape hostilities in Iran in the culmination of the Canadian Caper.
May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
June 27 » The 'Ustica massacre': Itavia Flight 870 crashes in the sea while en route from Bologna to Palermo, Italy, killing all 81 on board.
July 7 » During the Lebanese Civil War, 83 Tiger militants are killed during what will be known as the Safra massacre.
July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
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