January 28 » The Carnegie Institution of Washington is founded in Washington, D.C. with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie.
March 6 » Real Madrid CF is founded.
April 2 » "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles.
April 2 » Dmitry Sipyagin, Minister of Interior of the Russian Empire, is assassinated in the Marie Palace, Saint Petersburg.
June 24 » King Edward VII of the United Kingdom develops appendicitis, delaying his coronation.
December 10 » The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
Day of death January 19, 1980
The temperature on January 19, 1980 was between -7.3 °C and 3.1 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (75%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south 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.
January 29 » The Rubik's Cube makes its international debut at the Ideal Toy Corp. in Earl's Court, London.
June 1 » Cable News Network (CNN) begins broadcasting.
September 11 » A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.
September 12 » Military coup in Turkey.
October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
November 28 » Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
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