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Day of marriage April 2, 1913

• The temperature on April 2, 1913 was between 3.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (48%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 3 » An Atlantic coast storm sets the lowest confirmed barometric pressure reading for a non-tropical system in the continental United States.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • October 31 » The Indianapolis Streetcar Strike and subsequent riot begins.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
  • December 23 » The Federal Reserve Act is signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, creating the Federal Reserve System.

Day of death September 3, 1954

• The temperature on September 3, 1954 was between 14.1 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 10 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
  • April 8 » South African Airways Flight 201 A de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 crashes into the sea during night killing 21 people.
  • April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
  • September 8 » The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
  • September 26 » The Japanese rail ferry Tōya Maru sinks during a typhoon in the Tsugaru Strait, Japan, killing 1,172.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » John Lumsden, Irish physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b. 1869)
• 1948 » Edvard Beneš, Czech academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884)
• 1954 » Marika Kotopouli, Greek actress (b. 1887)
• 1961 » Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897)
• 1962 » E. E. Cummings, American poet and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Louis MacNeice, Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907)