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Day of marriage August 13, 1912

• The temperature on August 13, 1912 was between 7.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » British polar explorer Captain Robert Falcon Scott reaches the South Pole, one month after Roald Amundsen.
  • March 6 » Italo-Turkish War: Italian forces become the first to use airships in war, as two dirigibles drop bombs on Turkish troops encamped at Janzur, from an altitude of 6,000 feet.
  • May 18 » The first Indian film, Shree Pundalik by Dadasaheb Torne, is released in Mumbai.
  • June 30 » The Regina Cyclone, Canada's deadliest tornado event, kills 28 people in Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
  • October 18 » First Balkan War: King Peter I of Serbia issues a declaration "To the Serbian People", as his country joins the war.

Day of death June 13, 1975

• The temperature on June 13, 1975 was between 9.3 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
  • June 20 » The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
  • July 6 » The Comoros declares independence from France.
  • September 8 » Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
  • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
  • October 1 » Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1972 » Georg von Békésy, Hungarian biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1972 » Stephanie von Hohenlohe, Austrian-German spy (b. 1891)
• 1979 » Demetrio Stratos, Egyptian-Italian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1945)
• 1980 » Walter Rodney, Guyanese historian and activist (b. 1942)
• 1981 » Olivério Pinto, Brazilian zoologist and physician (b. 1896)