The temperature on July 31, 1911 was between 17.6 °C and 26.6 °C and averaged 21.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
January 21 » The first Monte Carlo Rally takes place.
January 30 » The destroyer USSTerry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy ten miles from Havana, Cuba.
April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
September 18 » Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot at the Kiev Opera House.
December 24 » Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Day of death December 26, 1980
The temperature on December 26, 1980 was between 1.4 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
May 9 » In Florida, Liberian freighter MVSummit Venture collides with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fall 150ft. into the water and die.
May 13 » An F3 tornado hits Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declares it a federal disaster area.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Moscow.
November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
December 1 » Ecatepec, State of Mexico, Mexico, becomes a city.
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