The temperature on July 18, 1888 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
April 3 » The first of eleven unsolved brutal murders of women committed in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London, occurs.
June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
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 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
Day of marriage July 12, 1912
The temperature on July 12, 1912 was between 15.4 °C and 29.7 °C and averaged 23.1 °C. There was 12.4 hours of sunshine (76%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 6 » New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
April 10 » RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.
September 28 » Corporal Frank S. Scott of the United States Army becomes the first enlisted man to die in an airplane crash.
October 26 » First Balkan War: The Ottomans lose the cities of Thessaloniki and Skopje.
Day of death March 30, 1970
The temperature on March 30, 1970 was between 5.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 6.7 mm of rain during 8.7 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
April 13 » An oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
April 17 » Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely.
May 26 » The Soviet Tupolev Tu-144 becomes the first commercial transport to exceed Mach 2.
August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
October 16 » Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau invokes the War Measures Act during the October Crisis.
December 21 » First flight of F-14 multi-role combat aircraft.
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