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Day of marriage February 23, 1916

• The temperature on February 23, 1916 was between -2.7 °C and -0.6 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Centre Block of the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada burns down with the loss of 7 lives.
  • February 29 » Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • March 9 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa leads nearly 500 Mexican raiders in an attack against the border town of Columbus, New Mexico.
  • April 8 » In Corona, California, race car driver Bob Burman crashes, killing three (including himself), and badly injuring five spectators.
  • June 1 » Louis Brandeis becomes the first Jew appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
  • December 18 » World War I: The Battle of Verdun ends when German forces under Chief of staff Erich von Falkenhayn are defeated by the French, and suffer 337,000 casualties.

Day of death February 17, 1961

• The temperature on February 17, 1961 was between 2.6 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (77%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
  • May 25 » Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.
  • June 23 » The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
  • October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
  • December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.
  • December 19 » India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.

Day of burial February 21, 1961

• The temperature on February 21, 1961 was between 2.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.3 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • April 23 » Algiers putsch by French generals.
  • May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
  • May 28 » Peter Benenson's article The Forgotten Prisoners is published in several internationally read newspapers. This will later be thought of as the founding of the human rights organization Amnesty International.
  • July 20 » French military forces break the Tunisian siege of Bizerte.
  • September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
  • November 21 » The "La Ronde" opens in Honolulu, first revolving restaurant in the United States.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Lütfi Kırdar, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1894)
• 1962 » Bruno Walter, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1876)
• 1962 » Joseph Kearns, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Hans Hofmann, German-American painter (b. 1880)
• 1970 » Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Ukrainian-Israeli novelist, short story writer, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)