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Household of Waldorf Astor 2nd Viscount Astor

He is married to Nancy Witcher Langhorne-Shaw.

They got married on May 3, 1906 at Langham, England, he was 26 years old.


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    Birthday May 19, 1879

    • The temperature on May 19, 1879 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
      • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
      • March 29 » Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
      • May 26 » Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Gandamak establishing an Afghan state.
      • July 8 » Sailing ship USSJeannette departs San Francisco carrying an ill-fated expedition to the North Pole.
      • October 15 » The Segura river in southeastern Spain floods, killing 1077 people.

    Day of marriage May 3, 1906

    • The temperature on May 3, 1906 was between 7.0 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1906: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
      • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
      • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
      • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
      • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
      • September 24 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
      • December 10 » U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.

    Day of death September 30, 1952

    • The temperature on September 30, 1952 was between 7.0 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1952: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
      • April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
      • July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
      • September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
      • September 12 » Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
      • November 25 » Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
      • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.
    

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