The temperature on April 20, 1888 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 9 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
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.
August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
September 22 » The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
October 17 » Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
Day of marriage March 15, 1911
The temperature on March 15, 1911 was between -1.2 °C and 6.7 °C and averaged 2.8 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
May 21 » President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz and the revolutionary Francisco Madero sign the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez to put an end to the fighting between the forces of both men, concluding the initial phase of the Mexican Revolution.
June 22 » George V and Mary of Teck are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
December 14 » Roald Amundsen's team, comprising himself, Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
Day of death November 4, 1955
The temperature on November 4, 1955 was between 9.7 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
April 18 » Twenty-nine nations meet at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference.
May 9 » Cold War: West Germany joins NATO.
June 7 » Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
July 9 » The Russell–Einstein Manifesto calls for a reduction of the risk of nuclear warfare.
September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
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