January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
June 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Spooner Act, authorizing President Theodore Roosevelt to acquire rights from Colombia for the Panama Canal.
October 24 » Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
November 29 » The Pittsburgh Stars defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 11–0 to win the first championship associated with an American national professional football league.
December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.
Day of marriage June 16, 1932
The temperature on June 16, 1932 was between 12.5 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
May 21 » Bad weather forces Amelia Earhart to land in a pasture in Derry, Northern Ireland, and she thereby becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
September 5 » The French Upper Volta is broken apart between Ivory Coast, French Sudan, and Niger.
September 23 » The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
Day of death May 9, 1981
The temperature on May 9, 1981 was between 11.0 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly or heavily clouded was. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
May 5 » Bobby Sands dies in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27.
May 26 » An EA-6B Prowler crashes on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USSNimitz, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.
July 7 » US President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.
July 27 » While landing at Chihuahua International Airport, Aeromexico Flight 230 overshoots the runway. Thirty-two of the 66 passengers and crew on board the DC-9 are killed.
August 12 » The IBM Personal Computer is released.
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