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Day of marriage May 13, 1899

• The temperature on May 13, 1899 was about 11.3 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Spanish rule ends in Cuba.
  • February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
  • March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
  • April 18 » The St. Andrew's Ambulance Association is granted a royal charter by Queen Victoria.
  • June 7 » American Temperance crusader Carrie Nation begins her campaign of vandalizing alcohol-serving establishments by destroying the inventory in a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Day of death July 3, 1942

• The temperature on July 3, 1942 was between 12.9 °C and 27.2 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • March 29 » The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
  • August 7 » World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
  • August 13 » Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
  • September 21 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
  • October 11 » World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
  • October 26 » World War II: In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier is sunk and another carrier is heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser are heavily damaged.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Hipólito Yrigoyen, Argentinian educator and politician, 19th President of Argentina (b. 1852)
• 1935 » André Citroën, French engineer and businessman, founded the Citroën Company (b. 1878)
• 1937 » Jacob Schick, American-Canadian captain and businessman, invented the electric razor (b. 1877)
• 1940 » Nicolae Bivol, Moldovan businessman and politician, Mayor of Chișinău (b. 1882)
• 1941 » Friedrich Akel, Estonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (b. 1871)
• 1954 » Siegfried Handloser, German physician and general (b. 1895)