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Day of marriage June 11, 1917

• The temperature on June 11, 1917 was between 12.4 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 1.6 mm of rain. There was 11.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 4 » Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United States House of Representatives.
  • March 16 » World War I: A German auxiliary cruiser is sunk in the Action of 16 March 1917.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • December 7 » World War I: The United States declares war on Austria-Hungary.

Day of death March 12, 1963

• The temperature on March 12, 1963 was between 0.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 3.4 °C. There was 8.4 mm of rain during 12.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 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 year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • April 11 » Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.
  • June 11 » John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
  • June 21 » Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI.
  • July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
  • September 2 » CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
  • September 16 » Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Marianne Weber, German sociologist and suffragist (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (b. 1920)
• 1955 » Theodor Plievier, German author best known for his anti-war novel (b. 1892)
• 1957 » Josephine Hull, American actress (b. 1877)
• 1971 » Eugene Lindsay Opie, American physician and pathologist (b. 1873)
• 1973 » Frankie Frisch, American baseball player and manager (b. 1898)