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Day of marriage November 14, 1916

• The temperature on November 14, 1916 was between 1.2 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 29 » World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
  • June 10 » The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire was declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • August 30 » Ernest Shackleton completes the rescue of all of his men stranded on Elephant Island in Antarctica.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

Day of death September 5, 1979

• The temperature on September 5, 1979 was between 7.5 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (81%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • February 11 » The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
  • February 17 » The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
  • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • August 5 » In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
  • November 15 » A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing.
  • December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (b. 1897)
• 1979 » Alberto di Jorio, Italian cardinal (b. 1884)
• 1980 » Don Banks, Australian composer and educator (b. 1923)
• 1982 » Douglas Bader, English captain and pilot (b. 1910)
• 1984 » Adam Malik, Indonesian politician and diplomat, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (b. 1917)
• 1984 » Jane Roberts, American psychic and author (b. 1929)