March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 20 » Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of marriage July 2, 1930
The temperature on July 2, 1930 was between 14.5 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 19.0 °C. There was 13.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 26 » The Indian National Congress declares 26 January as Independence Day or as the day for Poorna Swaraj ("Complete Independence") which occurred 17 years later.
March 6 » International Unemployment Day demonstrations globally initiated by the Comintern.
July 30 » In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
October 5 » British airship R101 crashes in France en route to India on its maiden voyage.
November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.
December 7 » W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasts video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also includes the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show.
Day of death February 1, 1979
The temperature on February 1, 1979 was between 1.1 °C and 3.0 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
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