The temperature on March 6, 1888 was about 3.0 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 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 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
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.
December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage May 18, 1907
The temperature on May 18, 1907 was between 1.8 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
July 21 » The passenger steamer SS Columbia sinks after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.
December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.
December 17 » Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Day of death September 12, 1968
The temperature on September 12, 1968 was between 10.3 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 21 » Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
January 31 » Nauru gains independence from Australia.
April 3 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. He was assassinated the next day.
August 21 » James Anderson Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.
November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.
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