The temperature on November 16, 1888 was about 11.4 °C. The air pressure was 12 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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.
April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
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.
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.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
Day of marriage March 20, 1912
The temperature on March 20, 1912 was between 1.2 °C and 9.4 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (31%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
February 25 » Marie-Adélaïde, the eldest of six daughters of Guillaume IV, becomes the first reigning Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
Day of death February 4, 1969
The temperature on February 4, 1969 was between -2.6 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
March 28 » Greek poet and Nobel Prize laureate Giorgos Seferis makes a famous statement on the BBC World Service opposing the junta in Greece.
April 1 » The Hawker Siddeley Harrier, the first operational fighter aircraft with Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing capabilities, enters service with the Royal Air Force.
April 4 » Dr. Denton Cooley implants the first temporary artificial heart.
November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
November 24 » Apollo program: The Apollo 12 command module splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to land on the Moon.
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