The temperature on October 30, 1888 was about 9.0 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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.
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 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
September 30 » Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage October 4, 1911
The temperature on October 4, 1911 was between 6.0 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » A gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home Secretary Winston Churchill.
January 18 » Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USSPennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
April 6 » During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
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