The temperature on April 23, 1888 was about 12.3 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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.
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.
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.
October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
October 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
Day of marriage August 21, 1912
The temperature on August 21, 1912 was between 10.5 °C and 15.5 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (49%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
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.
September 2 » Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
October 24 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
November 28 » Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
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