The temperature on January 12, 1888 was about 3.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 78 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Day of death October 23, 1947
The temperature on October 23, 1947 was between 7.6 °C and 14.9 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (9%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
February 18 » First Indochina War: The French gain complete control of Hanoi after forcing the Viet Minh to withdraw to mountains.
April 30 » In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
June 25 » The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
August 4 » The Supreme Court of Japan is established.
August 7 » Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.
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