The temperature on December 17, 1881 was about 2.7 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 18 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 91%. 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 13 » Alexander II of Russia is assassinated.
April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
November 19 » A meteorite lands near the village of Grossliebenthal, southwest of Odessa, Ukraine.
Day of death January 13, 1957
The temperature on January 13, 1957 was between 1.6 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the ??. Source: KNMI
February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
June 10 » John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
September 2 » President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
September 22 » In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.
September 24 » President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
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