March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
June 11 » The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 21 » Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.
Day of marriage July 1, 1925
The temperature on July 1, 1925 was between 12.3 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
February 21 » The New Yorker publishes its first issue.
March 16 » An earthquake occurs in Yunnan, China.
April 18 » The International Amateur Radio Union is formed in Paris.
May 1 » The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134million members.
July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.
November 5 » Secret agent Sidney Reilly, the first "super-spy" of the 20th century, is executed by the OGPU, the secret police of the Soviet Union.
Day of death September 30, 1981
The temperature on September 30, 1981 was between 8.3 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 15 » Pope John Paul II receives a delegation from Solidarity (Polish trade union) at the Vatican led by Lech Wałęsa.
February 8 » Twenty-one association football spectators are trampled to death at Karaiskakis Stadium in Neo Faliro, Greece, after a football match between Olympiacos F.C. and AEK Athens F.C.
April 3 » The Osborne 1, the first successful portable computer, is unveiled at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco.
May 21 » Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
October 3 » The hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland ends after seven months and ten deaths.
November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
Day of burial October 3, 1981
The temperature on October 3, 1981 was between 8.0 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
January 18 » Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
May 26 » Italian Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani and his coalition cabinet resign following a scandal over membership of the pseudo-masonic lodge P2 (Propaganda Due).
December 17 » American Brigadier General James L. Dozier is abducted by the Red Brigades in Verona, Italy.
December 19 » Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.
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