The temperature on May 2, 1888 was about 10.5 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 17 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. 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 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
April 6 » Thomas Green Clemson dies, bequeathing his estate to the State of South Carolina to establish Clemson Agricultural College.
June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
July 15 » The stratovolcano Mount Bandai erupts killing approximately 500 people, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.
August 21 » The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.
October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
Day of marriage July 5, 1913
The temperature on July 5, 1913 was between 10.2 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
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.
January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
March 12 » The future capital of Australia is officially named Canberra.
July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.
December 1 » Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line.
Day of death November 10, 1976
The temperature on November 10, 1976 was between 4.3 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 4.0 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 21 » Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
March 16 » British Prime Minister Harold Wilson resigns, citing personal reasons.
July 17 » East Timor is annexed, and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
October 20 » The ferry George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing the Mississippi River. Seventy-eight passengers and crew die, and only 18 people aboard the ferry survive.
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