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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.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • December 17 » A spur of the Shaker Heights streetcar line opens, the first line of the eventual Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit 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.
  • January 2 » India establishes its highest civilian awards, the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan.
  • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
  • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
  • April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
  • June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
  • November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

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)