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Day of marriage February 6, 1915

• The temperature on February 6, 1915 was between -0.4 °C and 3.4 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 19 » Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
  • January 21 » Kiwanis International is founded in Detroit.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.

Day of death September 16, 1966

• The temperature on September 16, 1966 was between 5.2 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (32%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • April 30 » The Church of Satan is formed in The Black House, San Francisco.
  • June 14 » The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
  • July 2 » France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll.
  • July 6 » Malawi becomes a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President.
  • October 22 » The Soviet Union launches Luna 12.
  • December 26 » The first Kwanzaa is celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Fatin Rüştü Zorlu, Turkish diplomat and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1910)
• 1961 » Hasan Polatkan, Turkish politician, 15th Turkish Minister of Finance (b. 1915)
• 1965 » Ahn Eak-tai, North Korean composer and conductor (b. 1906)
• 1965 » Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (b. 1894)