The temperature on March 15, 1888 was about 0.3 °C. There was 2 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. 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.
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.
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 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
Day of marriage May 25, 1912
The temperature on May 25, 1912 was between 5.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (19%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
February 14 » The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
April 20 » Opening day for baseball's Tiger Stadium in Detroit, and Fenway Park in Boston.
July 30 » Japan's Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
November 12 » King George I of Greece makes a triumphal entry into Thessaloniki after its liberation from 482 years of Ottoman rule.
Day of death November 21, 1960
The temperature on November 21, 1960 was between 6.5 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 3.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
January 19 » Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
March 21 » Apartheid: Sharpeville massacre, South Africa: Police open fire on a group of black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.
May 11 » Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Mossad in Argentina.
May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
June 20 » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
December 15 » Richard Pavlick is arrested for plotting to assassinate U.S. President-Elect John F. Kennedy.
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