The temperature on September 21, 1889 was about 9.5 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 73%. Source: KNMI
February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
February 22 » President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U.S. states.
May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
July 11 » Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
Day of death May 4, 1980
The temperature on May 4, 1980 was between 3.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (78%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 28 » Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
April 12 » The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
June 3 » An explosive device is detonated at the Statue of Liberty. The FBI suspects Croatian nationalists.
June 3 » The 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak hits Nebraska, causing five deaths and $300million (equivalent to $931million in 2019) worth of damage.
October 26 » The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated.
Day of burial May 10, 1980
The temperature on May 10, 1980 was between 0.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 14.5 hours of sunshine (94%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
May 17 » On the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacks a polling location in Chuschi (a town in Ayacucho), starting the Internal conflict in Peru.
July 1 » "O Canada" officially becomes the national anthem of Canada.
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.
September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.
November 4 » Ronald Reagan is elected the 40th President of The United States, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
December 2 » Salvadoran Civil War: Four American missionaries are raped and murdered by a death squad.
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