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Day of marriage September 10, 1913

• The temperature on September 10, 1913 was between 7.6 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 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.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • October 9 » The steamship SSVolturno catches fire in the mid-Atlantic.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

Day of death February 4, 1945

• The temperature on February 4, 1945 was between -0.6 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 10.2 mm of rain during 5.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » World War II: The siege of Budapest concludes with the unconditional surrender of German and Hungarian forces to the Red Army.
  • March 16 » Ninety percent of Würzburg, Germany is destroyed in only 20 minutes by British bombers, resulting in around 5,000 deaths.
  • April 7 » World War II: The battleship Yamato, one of the two largest ever constructed, is sunk by American aircraft during Operation Ten-Go.
  • August 14 » The Viet Minh launches August Revolution amid the political confusion and power vacuum engulfing Vietnam.
  • September 16 » World War II: The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong comes to an end.
  • December 4 » By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Archibald Sayce, English linguist and educator (b. 1846)
• 1940 » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer and politician (b. 1895)
• 1943 » Frank Calder, English-Canadian ice hockey player and journalist (b. 1877)
• 1944 » Arsen Kotsoyev, Russian author and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Savielly Tartakower, Russian-French chess player, journalist, and author (b. 1887)
• 1958 » Henry Kuttner, American author and screenwriter (b. 1915)