January 25 » Nellie Bly completes her round-the-world journey in 72 days.
July 1 » Canada and Bermuda are linked by telegraph cable.
July 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act.
September 25 » The United States Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
October 1 » Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
October 11 » In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
Day of death October 1, 1980
The temperature on October 1, 1980 was between 4.9 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
April 7 » During the Iran hostage crisis, the United States severs relations with Iran.
April 30 » Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
May 13 » An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
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