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Day of marriage August 30, 1912

• The temperature on August 30, 1912 was between 12.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • February 12 » The Xuantong Emperor, the last Emperor of China, abdicates.
  • June 4 » Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.
  • October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • October 14 » Former president Theodore Roosevelt is shot and mildly wounded by John Flammang Schrank. With the fresh wound in his chest, and the bullet still within it, Roosevelt delivers his scheduled speech.
  • December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
  • December 19 » William Van Schaick, captain of the steamship General Slocum which caught fire and killed over one thousand people, is pardoned by U.S. President William Howard Taft after ​3⁄₂ years in Sing Sing prison.

Day of death April 15, 1975

• The temperature on April 15, 1975 was between 6.3 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
  • April 28 » General Cao Văn Viên, chief of the South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army closed in on victory.
  • July 31 » The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
  • November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
  • November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
  • December 6 » The Troubles: Fleeing from the police, a Provisional IRA unit takes a British couple hostage in their flat on Balcombe Street, London, beginning a six-day siege.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1971 » Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian author and critic (b. 1886)
• 1971 » Gurgen Boryan, Armenian poet and playwright (b. 1915)
• 1979 » David Brand, Australian politician, 19th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1912)
• 1980 » Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Raymond Bailey, American actor and soldier (b. 1904)
• 1982 » Arthur Lowe, English actor (b. 1915)