January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
July 17 » Willis Carrier creates the first air conditioner in Buffalo, New York.
August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
Day of death September 19, 1968
The temperature on September 19, 1968 was between 9.0 °C and 17.7 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 2 » Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country.
March 12 » Mauritius achieves independence from the United Kingdom.
March 18 » Gold standard: The U.S. Congress repeals the requirement for a gold reserve to back US currency.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
April 8 » BOAC Flight 712 catches fire shortly after takeoff. As a result of her actions in the accident, Barbara Jane Harrison is awarded a posthumous George Cross, the only GC awarded to a woman in peacetime.
September 13 » Cold War: Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
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