The temperature on March 15, 1881 was about 11.0 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 27%. 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.
April 11 » Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women.
April 28 » Billy the Kid escapes from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico.
June 14 » The White Rajahs territories become the British protectorate of Sarawak.
July 1 » General Order 70, the culmination of the Cardwell and Childers reforms of the British Army, comes into effect.
July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
November 9 » Mapuche rebels attack the fortified Chilean settlement of Temuco.
Day of death May 17, 1954
The temperature on May 17, 1954 was between 7.9 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
July 15 » First flight of the Boeing 367-80, prototype for both the Boeing 707 and C-135 series.
August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
November 30 » In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap; this is the only documented case in the Western Hemisphere of a human being hit by a rock from space.
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