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Day of marriage May 14, 1914

• The temperature on May 14, 1914 was between 9.0 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 25 » The House of Commons of the United Kingdom passes the Home Rule Bill for devolution in Ireland.
  • July 29 » The Cape Cod Canal opened.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • September 22 » A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1500 sailors.
  • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.

Day of death March 29, 1973

• The temperature on March 29, 1973 was between 3.1 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica, challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.
  • April 6 » The American League of Major League Baseball begins using the designated hitter.
  • May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
  • June 21 » In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution.
  • August 14 » The Pakistan Constitution of 1973 comes into effect.
  • November 3 » Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Anna Louise Strong, American journalist and author (b. 1885)
• 1971 » Dhirendranath Datta, Pakistani lawyer and politician (b. 1886)
• 1972 » J. Arthur Rank, English businessman, founded Rank Organisation (b. 1888)
• 1980 » Mantovani, Italian-English conductor and composer (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
• 1982 » Walter Hallstein, German academic and politician, 1st President of the European Commission (b. 1901)