The temperature on December 1, 1888 was about 6.1 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 97%. 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.
January 13 » The National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C.
April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
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 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
Day of marriage December 21, 1912
The temperature on December 21, 1912 was between -0.5 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.1 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
April 17 » Russian troops open fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
October 8 » The First Balkan War begins when Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
December 3 » Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)
December 8 » Leaders of the German Empire hold an Imperial War Council to discuss the possibility that war might break out.
Day of death April 17, 1918
The temperature on April 17, 1918 was between 6.8 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
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.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
February 1 » Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar.
February 3 » The Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco, California begins service as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at 11,920 feet (3,633 meters) long.
March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
October 29 » The German High Seas Fleet is incapacitated when sailors mutiny on the night of the 29th-30th, an action which would trigger the German Revolution of 1918–19.
December 4 » U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
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