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Day of marriage October 4, 1888

• The temperature on October 4, 1888 was about 11.6 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 16 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 78%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • 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 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 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 30 » The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.
  • December 22 » The Christmas Meeting of 1888, considered to be the official start of the Faroese independence movement.

Day of death June 10, 1928

• The temperature on June 10, 1928 was between 11.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 5.7 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • March 12 » In California, the St. Francis Dam fails; the resulting floods kill 431 people.
  • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
  • October 15 » The airship, Graf Zeppelin completes its first trans-Atlantic flight, landing at Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States.
  • October 28 » The "Indonesia Raya", now the national anthem, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.

Day of burial June 12, 1928

• The temperature on June 12, 1928 was between 6.3 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Leon Trotsky is exiled to Alma-Ata.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
  • October 1 » The Soviet Union introduces its first five-year plan.
  • November 18 » Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. This is considered by the Disney corporation to be Mickey's birthday.
  • December 17 » Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (b. 1850)
• 1924 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (b. 1852)
• 1930 » Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (b. 1851)
• 1934 » Frederick Delius, English composer and educator (b. 1862)
• 1936 » John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (b. 1856)