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Day of marriage May 17, 1919

• The temperature on May 17, 1919 was between 6.9 °C and 22.8 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 13.6 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
  • April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
  • April 13 » Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops lead by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer killed approx 379-1000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India; and approximately 1,500 injured.
  • April 16 » Polish–Soviet War: The Polish army launches the Vilna offensive to capture Vilnius in modern Lithuania.
  • June 21 » The Royal Canadian Mounted Police fire a volley into a crowd of unemployed war veterans, killing two, during the Winnipeg general strike.
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

Day of death February 23, 1980

• The temperature on February 23, 1980 was between 3.1 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 4.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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)
• 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, 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 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
  • April 30 » The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
  • July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
  • October 17 » As part of the Holy See–United Kingdom relations a British monarch makes the first state visit to the Vatican.
  • November 21 » A deadly fire breaks out at the MGM Grand Hotel in Paradise, Nevada (now Bally's Las Vegas). Eighty-seven people are killed and more than 650 are injured in the worst disaster in Nevada history.
  • November 23 » The 6.9 M_w  Irpinia earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 2,483–4,900, and injuring 7,700–8,934.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Harry Ruby, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1895)
• 1976 » L. S. Lowry, English painter (b. 1887)
• 1979 » W. A. C. Bennett, Canadian businessman and politician, 25th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1900)
• 1983 » Herbert Howells, English organist and composer (b. 1892)
• 1990 » José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran engineer and politician, President of El Salvador (b. 1925)