The temperature on June 8, 1888 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 11 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 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.
May 16 » Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances.
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.
July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
October 21 » Foundation of the Swiss Social Democratic Party.
December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.
Day of marriage August 9, 1918
The temperature on August 9, 1918 was between 11.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
January 12 » The Minnie Pit Disaster coal mining accident occurs in Halmer End, Staffordshire, in which 155 men and boys die.
January 27 » Beginning of the Finnish Civil War.
March 23 » First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war
June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
October 12 » A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Minnesota.
Day of death November 14, 1965
The temperature on November 14, 1965 was between -6.6 °C and -0.3 °C and averaged -3.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (73%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
April 7 » Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate against the termination of the Colville tribe in Washington DC.
April 9 » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
October 28 » Pope Paul VI promulgates Nostra aetate, by which the Church officially recognizes the legitimacy of non-Christian faiths.
November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
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