The temperature on August 8, 1904 was between 10.9 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
April 8 » Longacre Square in Midtown Manhattan is renamed Times Square after The New York Times.
May 10 » The Horch & Cir. Motorwagenwerke AG is founded. It would eventually become the Audi company.
May 15 » Russo-Japanese War: The Russian minelayer Amur lays a minefield about 15 miles off Port Arthur and sinks Japan's battleships Hatsuse, 15,000 tons, with 496 crew and Yashima.
June 16 » Eugen Schauman assassinates Nikolay Bobrikov, Governor-General of Finland.
August 23 » The automobile tire chain is patented.
Day of death October 25, 1980
The temperature on October 25, 1980 was between 3.0 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
April 12 » Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
July 30 » Vanuatu gains independence.
September 1 » Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
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