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Day of marriage January 21, 1910

• The temperature on January 21, 1910 was between -2.3 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (34%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1910: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.9 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the operas Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci are sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.
  • April 28 » Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in England.
  • May 6 » George V becomes King of Great Britain, Ireland, and many overseas territories, on the death of his father, Edward VII.
  • September 12 » Premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistant conductor was Bruno Walter).
  • October 5 » In a revolution in Portugal the monarchy is overthrown and a republic is declared.
  • November 7 » The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse.

Day of death January 28, 1936

• The temperature on January 28, 1936 was between 3.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » King George V of the United Kingdom dies. His eldest son succeeds to the throne, becoming Edward VIII. The title Prince of Wales is not used for another 22 years.
  • March 5 » First flight of K5054, the first prototype Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
  • July 20 » The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
  • October 26 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • November 30 » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1930 » Emmy Destinn, Czech soprano and poet (b. 1878)
• 1935 » Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Russian composer and conductor (b. 1859)
• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)