January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
May 8 » In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
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.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death October 31, 1980
The temperature on October 31, 1980 was between -0.1 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 3.9 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (62%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 26 » Egypt and Israel establish full diplomatic relations.
March 4 » Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.
April 18 » The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.
April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
May 18 » Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, United States, killing 57 people and causing $3billion in damage.
July 1 » "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
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