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Day of marriage December 20, 1917

• The temperature on December 20, 1917 was between -10.8 °C and -3.7 °C and averaged -6.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • October 15 » World War I: Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by France for espionage.

Day of death March 19, 1981

• The temperature on March 19, 1981 was between 6.2 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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.
  • February 23 » In Spain, Antonio Tejero attempts a coup d'état by capturing the Spanish Congress of Deputies.
  • March 27 » The Solidarity movement in Poland stages a warning strike, in which at least 12 million Poles walk off their jobs for four hours.
  • September 15 » The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
  • September 15 » The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • September 21 » Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
  • December 31 » A coup d'état in Ghana removes President Hilla Limann's PNP government and replaces it with the Provisional National Defence Council led by Flight lieutenant Jerry Rawlings.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1976 » Albert Dieudonné, French actor and author (b. 1889)
• 1977 » William L. Laurence, Lithuanian-born American journalist and author (b. 1888)
• 1978 » M. A. Ayyangar, Indian lawyer and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1891)
• 1982 » J. B. Kripalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1888)
• 1982 » Randy Rhoads, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1956)
• 1984 » Garry Winogrand, American photographer (b. 1928)