The temperature on March 2, 1888 was about 3.7 °C. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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.
March 15 » Start of the Anglo-Tibetan War of 1888.
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.
September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Day of marriage June 29, 1910
The temperature on June 29, 1910 was between 11.0 °C and 19.0 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Captain David Beatty is promoted to Rear admiral, and becomes the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal family members) since Horatio Nelson.
March 8 » French aviator Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
June 25 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is premiered in Paris, bringing him to prominence as a composer.
August 29 » The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
December 3 » Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
Day of death April 1, 1976
The temperature on April 1, 1976 was between 7.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 15 » Gerald Ford's would-be assassin, Sara Jane Moore, is sentenced to life in prison.
April 13 » Forty workers die in an explosion at the Lapua ammunition factory, the deadliest accidental disaster in modern history in Finland.
June 27 » Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PLO and redirected to Entebbe, Uganda.
June 29 » The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
October 22 » Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs.
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