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Day of marriage April 26, 1907

• The temperature on April 26, 1907 was between -2.1 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • April 15 » Triangle Fraternity is founded at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.
  • August 29 » The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
  • August 31 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • November 16 » Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, which is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

Day of death September 15, 1960

• The temperature on September 15, 1960 was between 13.5 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 5.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • April 8 » The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
  • April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
  • May 9 » The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
  • May 22 » The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, hits southern Chile, becoming the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
  • August 12 » Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
  • September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1952 » Hugo Raudsepp, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)