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Day of marriage May 10, 1922

• The temperature on May 10, 1922 was between 3.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
  • April 24 » The first segment of the Imperial Wireless Chain providing wireless telegraphy between Leafield in Oxfordshire, England, and Cairo, Egypt, comes into operation.
  • August 26 » Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.
  • September 11 » The Sun News-Pictorial is founded in Melbourne, Australia.
  • November 4 » In Egypt, British archaeologist Howard Carter and his men find the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
  • December 7 » The Parliament of Northern Ireland votes to remain a part of the United Kingdom and not unify with Southern Ireland.

Day of death November 4, 1973

• The temperature on November 4, 1973 was between 3.7 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (40%). The partly 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » In a bout for the world heavyweight boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica, challenger George Foreman knocks down champion Joe Frazier six times in the first two rounds before the fight is stopped by referee Arthur Mercante.
  • March 29 » Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
  • May 3 » The 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago is topped out at 1,451 feet as the world's tallest building.
  • June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
  • October 17 » OPEC imposes an oil embargo against countries they deem to have helped Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
  • November 1 » The Indian state of Mysore is renamed as Karnataka to represent all the regions within Karunadu.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Carlos Marighella, Brazilian author and activist (b. 1911)
• 1974 » Bert Patenaude, American soccer player (b. 1909)
• 1975 » Francis Dvornik, Czech priest and academic (b. 1893)
• 1975 » Izzat Husrieh, Syrian journalist, historian, and academic (b. 1914)
• 1976 » Toni Ulmen, German race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1906)
• 1977 » Tom Reamy, American author and illustrator (b. 1935)