January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
April 15 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas launch a surprise attack on U.S. infantry and begin a four-day siege of Catubig, Philippines.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
August 3 » The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company is founded.
Day of death May 23, 1979
The temperature on May 23, 1979 was between 9.1 °C and 15.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 7 » Third Indochina War: Cambodian–Vietnamese War: Phnom Penh falls to the advancing Vietnamese troops, driving out Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.
April 1 » Nickelodeon was launched in United States.
April 11 » Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
November 17 » Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra is commissioned.
November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
December 16 » Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.
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