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Day of marriage August 14, 1913

• The temperature on August 14, 1913 was between 10.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

Day of death November 21, 1954

• The temperature on November 21, 1954 was between -4.0 °C and 1.2 °C and averaged -1.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (60%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
  • April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
  • September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
  • October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » William McCormack, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of Queensland (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Felice Bonetto, Italian race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1953 » Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (b. 1893)
• 1957 » Francis Burton Harrison, American general and politician, 6th Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1873)
• 1958 » Mel Ott, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Max Baer, American boxer, referee, and actor (b. 1909)