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Day of marriage May 10, 1912

• The temperature on May 10, 1912 was between 9.4 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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.
  • April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
  • 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.
  • October 19 » Italo-Turkish War: Italy takes possession of what is now Libya from the Ottoman Empire.
  • November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
  • November 5 » Woodrow Wilson is elected the 28th President of the United States, defeating incumbent William Howard Taft.
  • December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

Day of death March 21, 1950

• The temperature on March 21, 1950 was between 8.0 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » British submarine HMSTruculent collides with an oil tanker in the Thames Estuary, killing 64 men.
  • June 28 » Korean War: North Korean Army conducts the Seoul National University Hospital massacre.
  • July 5 » Zionism: The Knesset passes the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel.
  • October 7 » Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
  • October 19 » Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.
  • November 25 » The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Cornelia Fort, American soldier and pilot (b. 1919)
• 1945 » Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (b. 1894)
• 1951 » Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor and composer (b. 1871)
• 1953 » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
• 1956 » Hatı Çırpan, Turkish politician (b. 1890)
• 1958 » Cyril M. Kornbluth, American soldier and author (b. 1923)