The temperature on March 9, 1882 was about 8.8 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
March 4 » Britain's first electric trams run in east London.
March 24 » Robert Koch announces the discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.
June 6 » The Shewan forces of Menelik II of Ethiopia defeat the Gojjame army in the Battle of Embabo. The Shewans capture Negus Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and their victory leads to a Shewan hegemony over the territories south of the Abay River.
July 26 » The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
September 5 » Tottenham Hotspur, a Premier League football club from North London, is founded (as Hotspur F.C.).
December 16 » Wales and England contest the first Home Nations (now Six Nations) rugby union match.
Day of death November 17, 1967
The temperature on November 17, 1967 was between -2.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 10 » The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
March 9 » Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
March 12 » Suharto takes power from Sukarno when the People's Consultative Assembly inaugurate him as Acting President of Indonesia.
June 7 » Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
October 26 » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
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