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Day of marriage April 7, 1917

• The temperature on April 7, 1917 was between -0.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain. There was 5.8 hours of sunshine (44%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • July 25 » Sir Robert Borden introduces the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25%).
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Day of death December 4, 1973

• The temperature on December 4, 1973 was between 4.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom are admitted into the European Economic Community.
  • January 8 » Soviet space mission Luna 21 is launched.
  • January 15 » Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam.
  • September 20 » Singer Jim Croce, songwiter and musician Maury Muehleisen and four others die when their light aircraft crashes on takeoff at Natchitoches Regional Airport in Louisiana.
  • October 30 » The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
  • November 25 » Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 » Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)
• 1976 » Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)
• 1976 » W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886)