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Day of marriage December 7, 1916

• The temperature on December 7, 1916 was between -0.3 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 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 year 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • April 29 » Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.
  • June 24 » Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
  • August 5 » World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • August 14 » Romania declares war on Austria-Hungary.
  • November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.

Day of death November 18, 1959

• The temperature on November 18, 1959 was between 3.8 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
  • April 8 » A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
  • June 8 » USSBarbero and the United States Postal Service attempt the delivery of mail via Missile Mail.
  • September 14 » The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
  • October 21 » President Eisenhower approves the transfer of all US Army space-related activities to NASA, including most of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
  • December 13 » Archbishop Makarios III becomes the first President of Cyprus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Paul Éluard, French poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Niels Bohr, Danish footballer, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1965 » Henry A. Wallace, American agronomist and bureaucrat, 33rd Vice President of the United States, 11th US Secretary of Agriculture (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., American businessman and diplomat, 44th United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1888)
• 1969 » Ted Heath, English trombonist and bandleader (b. 1902)
• 1972 » Danny Whitten, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crazy Horse) (b. 1943)