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Day of marriage August 26, 1915

• The temperature on August 26, 1915 was between 8.3 °C and 22.2 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (77%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 19 » German strategic bombing during World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
  • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • May 7 » The Republic of China accedes to 13 of the 21 Demands, extending the Empire of Japan's control over Manchuria and the Chinese economy.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • May 27 » HMS Princess Irene exploded and sank off Sheerness, Kent with the loss of 352 lives.

Day of death September 17, 1953

• The temperature on September 17, 1953 was between 11.7 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • March 1 » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
  • March 3 » A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
  • May 4 » Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
  • June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
  • July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
  • August 10 » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Folke Bernadotte, Swedish soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 1948 » Ruth Benedict, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1887)
• 1951 » Jimmy Yancey, American pianist and composer (b. 1898)
• 1953 » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 1953 » Hans Feige, German general (Wehrmacht) (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Adnan Menderes, Turkish lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1899)