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Day of marriage June 24, 1908

• The temperature on June 24, 1908 was between 13.3 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Grand Canyon National Monument is created.
  • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  • January 30 » Indian pacifist and leader Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is released from prison by Jan C. Smuts after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
  • April 8 » H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • November 22 » The Congress of Manastir establishes the Albanian alphabet.

Day of death November 2, 1969

• The temperature on November 2, 1969 was between 8.9 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • April 9 » The first British-built Concorde 002 makes its maiden flight from Filton to RAF Fairford.
  • May 17 » Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.
  • June 3 » Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne cuts the U.S. Navy destroyer USSFrank E. Evans in half.
  • November 14 » Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.
  • November 15 » Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 250,000-500,000 protesters staged a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic "March Against Death".
  • November 21 » U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.

Day of burial November 5, 1969

• The temperature on November 5, 1969 was between 2.5 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
  • May 2 » The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City.
  • May 18 » Apollo program: Apollo 10 is launched.
  • June 23 » IBM announces that effective January 1970 it will price its software and services separately from hardware thus creating the modern software industry.
  • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
  • November 13 » Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
• 1966 » Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1966 » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1970 » Pierre Veyron, French race car driver (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Richard Cushing, American cardinal (b. 1895)
• 1971 » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)