February 27 » Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
March 24 » Mayor of New York City Robert Anderson Van Wyck breaks ground for a new underground "Rapid Transit Railroad" that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
April 14 » The Exposition Universelle begins.
May 1 » The Scofield Mine disaster kills over 200 men in Scofield, Utah in what is to date the fifth-worst mining accident in United States history.
May 24 » Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexes the Orange Free State.
October 25 » The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.
Day of death December 25, 1979
The temperature on December 25, 1979 was between -0.1 °C and 5.9 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 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.
July 16 » Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigns and is replaced by Saddam Hussein.
September 1 » The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000mi).
September 13 » South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
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