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Day of marriage February 11, 1914

• The temperature on February 11, 1914 was between 3.6 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • August 23 » World War I: The British Expeditionary Force and the French Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat before the German Army.
  • September 18 » The Irish Home Rule Act becomes law, but is delayed until after World War I.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Day of death December 30, 1981

• The temperature on December 30, 1981 was between 3.8 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.0 hours. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
  • March 5 » The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1​⁄₂ million units around the world.
  • May 21 » Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
  • October 14 » Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected as the President of Egypt, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
  • November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

Day of burial December 31, 1981

• The temperature on December 31, 1981 was between 0.1 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 5.6 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • March 26 » Social Democratic Party (UK) is founded as a party.
  • April 14 » STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia completes its first test flight.
  • May 21 » Transamerica Corporation agrees to sell United Artists to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for $380million after the box office failure of the 1980 film Heaven's Gate.
  • September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
  • September 26 » Nolan Ryan sets a Major League record by throwing his fifth no-hitter.
  • December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Richard Rodgers, American playwright and composer (b. 1902)
• 1982 » Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1896)
• 1983 » Violette Cordery, English race car driver (b. 1900)
• 1986 » Era Bell Thompson, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 1988 » Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor and landscaper (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Yuli Daniel, Russian author and poet (b. 1925)