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 19 » The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
March 28 » Tonkin Campaign: French victory in the Battle of Gia Cuc.
May 24 » The Brooklyn Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic after 14 years of construction.
July 10 » War of the Pacific: Chileans led by Alejandro Gorostiaga defeat Andrés Avelino Cáceres's Peruvuan army at the Battle of Huamachuco, hastening the end of the war.
August 26 » The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.
October 4 » First meeting of the Boys' Brigade in Glasgow, Scotland.
Day of death May 15, 1960
The temperature on May 15, 1960 was between 11.9 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 25 » The National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the "payola" scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accept money for playing particular records.
April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
April 27 » Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
May 23 » A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.
June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.
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