The temperature on December 17, 1888 was about 3.5 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. 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 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
September 8 » In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
Day of marriage October 23, 1912
The temperature on October 23, 1912 was between 4.7 °C and 7.8 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 8.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
August 14 » U.S. Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya had resigned three years earlier.
November 19 » First Balkan War: The Serbian Army captures Bitola, ending the five-century-long Ottoman rule of Macedonia.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of death September 2, 1957
The temperature on September 2, 1957 was between 8.1 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (59%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 3 » The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
January 31 » Eight people (5 total crew from 2 aircraft and 3 on the ground) in Pacoima, California are killed following the mid-air collision between a Douglas DC-7 airliner and a Northrop F-89 Scorpion fighter jet.
March 8 » The 1957 Georgia Memorial to Congress, which petitions the U.S. Congress to declare the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution null and void, is adopted by the U.S. state of Georgia.
July 6 » Althea Gibson wins the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so.
September 29 » The Kyshtym disaster is the third-worst nuclear accident ever recorded.
October 14 » The 23rd Canadian Parliament becomes the only one to be personally opened by the Queen of Canada.
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