February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
July 27 » Kaiser Wilhelm II makes a speech comparing Germans to Huns; for years afterwards, "Hun" would be a disparaging name for Germans.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
September 17 » Philippine–American War: Filipinos under Juan Cailles defeat Americans under Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham Jr. at Mabitac.
October 19 » Max Planck discovers Planck's law of black-body radiation.
Day of death October 23, 1979
The temperature on October 23, 1979 was between 1.8 °C and 11.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
March 28 » The British House of Commons passes a vote of no confidence against James Callaghan's government by 1 vote, precipitating a general election.
April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
September 13 » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
September 22 » A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined.
November 15 » A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
November 19 » Iran hostage crisis: Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini orders the release of 13 female and black American hostages being held at the US Embassy in Tehran.
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