The temperature on August 16, 1888 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 74%. 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 13 » With the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Empire of Brazil abolishes slavery.
August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage February 8, 1910
The temperature on February 8, 1910 was between 1.6 °C and 8.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 8 » The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated by William D. Boyce.
May 11 » An act of the U.S. Congress establishes Glacier National Park in Montana.
June 17 » Aurel Vlaicu pilots an A. Vlaicu nr. 1 on its first flight.
September 26 » Indian journalist Swadeshabhimani Ramakrishna Pillai is arrested after publishing criticism of the government of Travancore and is exiled.
November 14 » Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
November 20 » Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero issues the Plan de San Luis Potosí, denouncing Mexican President Porfirio Díaz, calling for a revolution to overthrow the government of Mexico, effectively starting the Mexican Revolution.
Day of death November 19, 1960
The temperature on November 19, 1960 was between 5.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 28 » The National Football League announced expansion teams for Dallas to start in the 1960 NFL season and Minneapolis-St. Paul for 1961 NFL season.
April 1 » The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
July 12 » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
November 14 » Ruby Bridges becomes the first black child to attend an all-white elementary school in Louisiana.
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