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Day of marriage July 27, 1912

• The temperature on July 27, 1912 was between 14.8 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The 6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Prague Party Conference) opens. In the course of the conference, Vladimir Lenin and his supporters break from the rest of the party to form the Bolshevik movement.
  • January 8 » The African National Congress is founded, under the name South African Native National Congress (SANNC).
  • February 14 » Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
  • March 12 » The Girl Guides (later renamed the Girl Scouts of the USA) are founded in the United States.
  • September 4 » Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.

Day of death January 5, 1970

• The temperature on January 5, 1970 was between -7.4 °C and 0.5 °C and averaged -2.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 28 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaign.
  • May 1 » Vietnam War: Protests erupt following the announcement by Richard Nixon that the U.S. and South Vietnamese forces would attack Vietnamese communists in a Cambodian Campaign.
  • May 11 » The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250million in damage.
  • September 6 » Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
  • October 10 » Fiji becomes independent.
  • November 26 » In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.

Day of cremation January 9, 1970

• The temperature on January 9, 1970 was between -1 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 0.9 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain during 3.7 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • May 15 » Philip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green are killed at Jackson State University by police during student protests.
  • July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
  • September 1 » Palestinian guerrillas attack the motorcade of King Hussein of Jordan in a failed assassination attempt.
  • September 16 » King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict which became to be known as Black September.
  • October 5 » The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded.
  • November 4 » Salvador Allende takes office as President of Chile, the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Turkish physician and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
• 1974 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)
• 1976 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)