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Day of marriage April 9, 1891

• The temperature on April 9, 1891 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » History of Portugal: The first attempt at a Portuguese republican revolution breaks out in the northern city of Porto.
  • March 3 » Shoshone National Forest is established as the first national forest in the US and world.
  • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
  • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
  • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
  • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

Day of death January 14, 1949

• The temperature on January 14, 1949 was between 5.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Point Four Program a program for economic aid to poor countries announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address for a full term as President.
  • February 14 » The Asbestos Strike begins in Canada. The strike marks the beginning of the Quiet Revolution in Quebec.
  • February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
  • April 28 » The Hukbalahap are accused of assassinating former First Lady of the Philippines Aurora Quezon, while she is en route to dedicate a hospital in memory of her late husband; her daughter and ten others are also killed.
  • October 28 » An Air France Lockheed Constellation crashes in the Azores, killing all 48 people on board.
  • December 13 » The Knesset votes to move the capital of Israel to Jerusalem.

Day of cremation January 18, 1949

• The temperature on January 18, 1949 was between 5.7 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 7.3 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, is established.
  • February 19 » Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.
  • March 30 » Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
  • April 23 » Chinese Civil War: Establishment of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
  • June 8 » Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist Party members.
  • December 7 » Chinese Civil War: The Government of the Republic of China moves from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and author (b. 1883)
• 1943 » Laura E. Richards, American author and poet (b. 1850)
• 1944 » Mehmet Emin Yurdakul, Turkish author and politician (b. 1869)
• 1949 » Harry Stack Sullivan, American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (b. 1892)
• 1951 » Gregorios Xenopoulos, Greek author, journalist, and playwright (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1878)