July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
August 28 » Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
October 29 » In Amherst, Massachusetts, nurse Jane Toppan is arrested for murdering the Davis family of Boston with an overdose of morphine.
Day of marriage April 20, 1931
The temperature on April 20, 1931 was between 3.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (59%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
February 13 » The British Raj completes its transfer from Calcutta to New Delhi.
March 14 » Alam Ara, India's first talking film, is released.
March 23 » Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar are hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian independence movement.
May 7 » The stand-off between criminal Francis Crowley and 300 members of the New York Police Department takes place in his fifth-floor apartment on West 91st Street, New York City.
August 24 » France and the Soviet Union sign a neutrality pact.
August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
Day of death March 12, 1980
The temperature on March 12, 1980 was between 2.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.5 °C. There was 16.0 mm of rain during 12.4 hours. The heavily clouded 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.
January 26 » Egypt–Israel relations are formally established.
March 18 » A Vostok-2M rocket at Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 explodes during a fueling operation, killing 48 people.
May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
June 10 » The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
July 7 » Institution of sharia law in Iran.
August 26 » After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
Day of cremation March 17, 1980
The temperature on March 17, 1980 was between 3.9 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 27 » The Norwegian oil platform Alexander L. Kielland collapses in the North Sea, killing 123 of its crew of 212.
April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
October 2 » Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War.
December 24 » Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
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