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Day of marriage June 23, 1917

• The temperature on June 23, 1917 was between 10.6 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain. There was 10.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.
  • November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

Day of death September 16, 1991

• The temperature on September 16, 1991 was between 7.2 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 10.6 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • March 16 » The airplane carrying eight members of Reba McEntire's touring band crashed on the side of Otay Mountain.
  • March 31 » Georgian independence referendum: Nearly 99 percent of the voters support the country's independence from the Soviet Union.
  • May 19 » Croatians vote for independence in a referendum.
  • July 10 » Boris Yeltsin takes office as the first elected President of Russia.
  • August 16 » Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.
  • December 16 » Kazakhstan declares independence from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Christopher Soames, English soldier and politician, Governor of Southern Rhodesia (b. 1920)
• 1991 » Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Millicent Fenwick, American journalist and politician (b. 1910)
• 1993 » František Jílek, Czech conductor (b. 1913)
• 1993 » Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet and activist (b. 1920)
• 1996 » McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (b. 1919)