February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
July 9 » The Federation of Australia is given royal assent.
September 8 » Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of marriage December 21, 1928
The temperature on December 21, 1928 was between 0.3 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 1.6 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
June 4 » The President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, is assassinated by Japanese agents.
August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
Day of death July 25, 1980
The temperature on July 25, 1980 was between 12.2 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 20.5 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
March 21 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter announces a United States boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet–Afghan War.
May 18 » Students in Gwangju, South Korea begin demonstrations calling for democratic reforms.
June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
July 23 » Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.
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