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Day of marriage November 4, 1913

• The temperature on November 4, 1913 was between 2.4 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 7.6 °C. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (58%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • March 26 » First Balkan War: Bulgarian forces capture Adrianople.
  • May 29 » Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.

Day of death October 10, 1965

• The temperature on October 10, 1965 was between 3.5 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.5 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • January 28 » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
  • February 18 » The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
  • March 19 » The wreck of the SSGeorgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
  • August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
  • September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915)
• 1963 » Roy Cazaly, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (b. 1892)
• 1964 » Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (b. 1888)
• 1966 » Charlotte Cooper, English-Scottish tennis player (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Louise Thuliez, French school teacher, resistance fighter during World War I and World War II and author (b. 1881)