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Day of marriage February 12, 1915

• The temperature on February 12, 1915 was between -0.9 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 1.5 mm of rain. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 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.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • June 5 » Denmark amends its constitution to allow women's suffrage.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • July 25 » RFC Captain Lanoe Hawker becomes the first British pursuit aviator to earn the Victoria Cross.
  • August 17 » Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered.

Day of death January 15, 1986

• The average temperature on January 15, 1986 was 4.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 4.1 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » China Airlines Flight 2265 crashes into the Pacific Ocean near Penghu Airport in Taiwan, killing all 13 aboard.
  • June 22 » The famous Hand of God goal, scored by Diego Maradona in the quarter-finals of the 1986 FIFA World Cup match between Argentina and England, ignites controversy. This was later followed by the Goal of the Century. Argentina wins 2–1 and later goes on to win the World Cup.
  • September 6 » In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
  • October 29 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the last stretch of the M25 motorway.
  • November 25 » The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
  • November 26 » Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 1983 » Armin Öpik, Estonian-Australian paleontologist and geologist (b. 1898)
• 1983 » Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
• 1984 » Fazıl Küçük, Cypriot journalist and politician (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Seán MacBride, Irish republican activist and politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)