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    Birthday December 13, 1906

    • The temperature on December 13, 1906 was between 0.4 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (54%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • April 27 » The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.
      • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
      • August 16 » The 8.2 Mw Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
      • September 5 » The first legal forward pass in American football is thrown by Bradbury Robinson of St. Louis University to teammate Jack Schneider in a 22–0 victory over Carroll College (Wisconsin).
      • December 15 » The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opens.
      • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

    Day of death December 16, 1996

    • The temperature on December 16, 1996 was between 2.8 °C and 6.5 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1996: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 15.5 million citizens.
      • January 29 » President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.
      • January 31 » An explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka in Colombo, killing at least 86 people and injuring 1,400.
      • February 17 » In Philadelphia, world champion Garry Kasparov beats the Deep Blue supercomputer in a chess match.
      • February 29 » Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes; all 123 passengers and crew die.
      • March 18 » A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 people.
      • March 23 » Taiwan holds its first direct elections and chooses Lee Teng-hui as President.
    

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