The temperature on July 25, 1888 was about 18.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
August 5 » Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Day of death May 5, 1958
The temperature on May 5, 1958 was between 5.4 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 3 » Nuri al-Said becomes Prime Minister of Iraq for the eighth time.
July 9 » A 7.8 Mw strike-slip earthquake in Alaska causes a landslide that produces a megatsunami. The runup from the waves reached 525m (1,722ft) on the rim of Lituya Bay; five people were killed.
August 29 » United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
October 7 » The 1958 Pakistani coup d'état inaugurates a prolonged period of military rule.
October 28 » John XXIII is elected Pope.
December 1 » The Central African Republic attains self-rule within the French Union.
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