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.
January 15 » James Naismith publishes the rules of basketball.
April 15 » The General Electric Company is formed.
May 28 » In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club.
June 11 » The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
July 26 » Dadabhai Naoroji is elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain.
October 21 » Opening ceremonies for the World's Columbian Exposition are held in Chicago, though because construction was behind schedule, the exposition did not open until May 1, 1893.
Day of death August 15, 1979
The temperature on August 15, 1979 was between 12.6 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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.
February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
March 19 » The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
May 4 » Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
June 20 » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
July 19 » The Sandinista rebels overthrow the government of the Somoza family in Nicaragua.
December 23 » Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet Union forces occupy Kabul, the Afghan capital.
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