Rois Europe » Blanche Petitpied (1895-1974)

Day of marriage June 12, 1911

• The temperature on June 12, 1911 was between 2.5 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 10.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 3 » A magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroys the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 7 » French poet Guillaume Apollinaire is arrested and put in jail on suspicion of stealing the Mona Lisa from the Louvre museum.
  • September 23 » Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.

Day of death November 9, 1974

• The temperature on November 9, 1974 was between 5.1 °C and 11.8 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 17 » Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
  • March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
  • July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
  • July 26 » Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
  • September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
  • September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Jan Johansson, Swedish pianist (b. 1931)
• 1970 » Charles de Gaulle, French general and politician, 18th President of France (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Maude Fealy, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Victor Adamson; American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1890)
• 1976 » Armas Taipale, Finnish discus thrower and shot putter (b. 1890)
• 1977 » Fred Haney, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1898)