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Day of marriage May 24, 1911

• The temperature on May 24, 1911 was between 9.7 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • May 31 » The President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz flees the country during the Mexican Revolution.
  • May 31 » The RMS Titanic is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • July 24 » Hiram Bingham III re-discovers Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas".
  • October 9 » An accidental bomb explosion triggers the Wuchang Uprising against the Chinese monarchy.
  • November 3 » Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

Day of death March 5, 1965

• The temperature on March 5, 1965 was between -5.4 °C and 1.8 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • January 9 » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
  • February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
  • March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
  • April 6 » Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
  • July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
  • September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1913)
• 1963 » Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1921)
• 1963 » Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 1965 » Chen Cheng, Chinese general and politician, 27th Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1897)
• 1965 » Pepper Martin, American baseball player and manager (b. 1904)
• 1966 » Anna Akhmatova, Ukrainian-Russian poet, author, and translator (b. 1889)