The temperature on April 22, 1888 was about 12.3 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 50%. 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 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 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
October 15 » The "From Hell" letter allegedly sent by Jack the Ripper is received by investigators.
October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
Day of marriage May 22, 1909
The temperature on May 22, 1909 was between 11.2 °C and 26.3 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 23 » Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
April 9 » The U.S. Congress passes the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act.
June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
August 30 » Burgess Shale fossils are discovered by Charles Doolittle Walcott.
December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.
Day of death September 20, 1967
The temperature on September 20, 1967 was between 8.9 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 2 » Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is sworn in as Governor of California.
April 24 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
April 27 » Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
June 2 » Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
July 24 » During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
November 28 » The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
Day of burial September 23, 1967
The temperature on September 23, 1967 was between 10.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 6.1 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 14 » Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
May 26 » The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
June 2 » Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
July 6 » Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
November 14 » American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
November 30 » Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
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