February 1 » Shinhan Bank, the oldest bank in South Korea, opens in Seoul.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
September 10 » Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
Day of marriage March 20, 1919
The temperature on March 20, 1919 was between -1.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
May 29 » Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin
August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
December 17 » Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
Day of death December 15, 1979
The temperature on December 15, 1979 was between 5.6 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 11.8 mm of rain during 7.6 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
July 19 » The oil tanker SS Atlantic Empress collides with another oil tanker, causing the largest ever ship-borne oil spill.
October 17 » The Department of Education Organization Act creates the US Department of Education.
October 18 » The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.
October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
Day of burial December 19, 1979
The temperature on December 19, 1979 was between -2.3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 13 » An intense windstorm strikes western Washington and sinks a ⁄2-mile-long section of the Hood Canal Bridge.
March 30 » Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
September 16 » Eight people escaped from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
November 3 » Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
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