The temperature on July 21, 1888 was about 19.4 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. 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.
April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
June 29 » George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
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.
October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
October 29 » The Convention of Constantinople is signed, guaranteeing free maritime passage through the Suez Canal during war and peace.
Day of death April 15, 1970
The temperature on April 15, 1970 was between -0.9 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
March 28 » An earthquake strikes western Turkey at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260.
April 12 » Soviet submarine K-8, carrying four nuclear torpedoes, sinks in the Bay of Biscay four days after a fire on board.
April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
October 5 » The British Trade Commissioner is kidnapped by members of the FLQ, triggering the October Crisis in Canada.
October 8 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
Day of burial April 20, 1970
The temperature on April 20, 1970 was between -0.4 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
January 15 » Muammar Gaddafi is proclaimed premier of Libya.
April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
April 22 » The first Earth Day is celebrated.
July 31 » Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
September 19 » Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.
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