The temperature on December 17, 1883 was about 1.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
January 16 » The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil Service, is enacted by Congress.
May 27 » Alexander III is crowned Tsar of Russia.
May 30 » In New York City, a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge killed twelve people.
October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
October 20 » Peru and Chile sign the Treaty of Ancón, by which the Tarapacá province is ceded to the latter, bringing an end to Peru's involvement in the War of the Pacific.
November 9 » The 90th Winnipeg Battalion of Rifles, (later the Royal Winnipeg Rifles) of the Canadian Armed Forces is founded.
Day of death January 18, 1968
The temperature on January 18, 1968 was between 4.9 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (32%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 1 » The New York Central Railroad and the Pennsylvania Railroad are merged to form Penn Central Transportation.
April 6 » In Richmond, Indiana's downtown district, a double explosion kills 41 and injures 150.
October 11 » NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
November 8 » The Vienna Convention on Road Traffic is signed to facilitate international road traffic and to increase road safety by standardising the uniform traffic rules among the signatories.
November 20 » A total of 78 miners are killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company's No. 9 mine in Farmington, West Virginia in the Farmington Mine disaster.
December 10 » Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
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