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Day of marriage May 3, 1906

• The temperature on May 3, 1906 was between 7.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 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.
  • March 31 » The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States (later the National Collegiate Athletic Association) is established to set rules for college sports in the United States.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • May 2 » Closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.
  • May 22 » The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine".
  • September 13 » The Santos-Dumont 14-bis makes a short hop, the first flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
  • December 24 » Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.

Day of death January 15, 1965

• The temperature on January 15, 1965 was between 1.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 9.0 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
  • May 1 » Cross-Strait relations: Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, takes place.
  • September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
  • September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
  • November 24 » Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
  • December 9 » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Regina Margareten, Hungarian businesswoman (b. 1863)
• 1964 » Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (b. 1905)
• 1967 » David Burliuk, Ukrainian author and illustrator (b. 1882)
• 1968 » Bill Masterton, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 1970 » Frank Clement, English race car driver (b. 1886)
• 1970 » William T. Piper, American engineer and businessman, founded Piper Aircraft (b. 1881)