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Day of marriage September 15, 1921

• The temperature on September 15, 1921 was between 9.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 21 » Constituent Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Georgia adopts the country's first constitution.
  • May 8 » The creation of the Communist Party of Romania.
  • July 29 » Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
  • October 5 » The World Series is the first to be broadcast on radio.
  • October 8 » KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
  • October 18 » The Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic is formed as part of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

Day of death October 26, 1956

• The temperature on October 26, 1956 was between 0.5 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (49%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • April 30 » Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.
  • July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
  • October 30 » Hungarian Revolution: The government recognizes the new workers' councils. Army officer Béla Király leads an attack on the Communist Party headquarters.
  • October 31 » Suez Crisis: The United Kingdom and France begin bombing Egypt to force the reopening of the Suez Canal.
  • November 5 » Suez Crisis: British and French paratroopers land in Egypt after a week-long bombing campaign.
  • December 19 » Irish-born physician John Bodkin Adams is arrested in connection with the suspicious deaths of more than 160 patients. Eventually he is convicted only of minor charges.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (b. 1895)
• 1956 » Walter Gieseking, French-German pianist and composer (b. 1895)
• 1957 » Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1957 » Nikos Kazantzakis, Greek philosopher, author, and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1960 » Toshizō Nishio, Japanese general (b. 1881)
• 1961 » Sadae Inoue, Japanese general (b. 1886)