The temperature on April 2, 1888 was about 5.3 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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.
June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage December 15, 1913
The temperature on December 15, 1913 was between 5.3 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 5.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
Day of death July 22, 1950
The temperature on July 22, 1950 was between 14.8 °C and 23.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (42%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
March 12 » The Llandow air disaster kills 80 people when the aircraft they are travelling in crashes near Sigingstone, Wales. At the time this was the world's deadliest air disaster.
May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
June 29 » Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.
November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.
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