In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
March 16 » Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs is first performed.
May 21 » The Manchester Ship Canal in the United Kingdom is officially opened by Queen Victoria, who later knights its designer Sir Edward Leader Williams.
July 4 » The short-lived Republic of Hawaii is proclaimed by Sanford B. Dole.
August 1 » The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
August 22 » Mahatma Gandhi forms the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in order to fight discrimination against Indian traders in Natal.
November 1 » Buffalo Bill, 15 of his Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison in his Black Maria Studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
Day of death August 29, 1979
The temperature on August 29, 1979 was between 6.8 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
October 27 » Saint Vincent and the Grenadines gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
December 12 » The 8.2 Mw Tumaco earthquake shakes Colombia and Ecuador with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 300–600, and generating a large tsunami.
Day of burial September 1, 1979
The temperature on September 1, 1979 was between 13.2 °C and 27.6 °C and averaged 20.6 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1 » Normal diplomatic relations are established between the People's Republic of China and the United States.
January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
May 21 » White Night riots in San Francisco following the manslaughter conviction of Dan White for the assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey Milk.
July 1 » Sony introduces the Walkman.
September 7 » The Chrysler Corporation asks the United States government for US$1.5billion to avoid bankruptcy.
November 1 » In Bolivia, Colonel Alberto Natusch executes a bloody coup d'état against the constitutional government of Wálter Guevara.
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