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Day of marriage May 18, 1917

• The temperature on May 18, 1917 was between 11.0 °C and 24.4 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 6.9 mm of rain. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • March 26 » World War I: First Battle of Gaza: British troops are halted after 17,000 Turks block their advance.
  • May 21 » The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • June 23 » In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
  • December 12 » Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.

Day of death October 9, 1954

• The temperature on October 9, 1954 was between 6.0 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • 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 8 » A Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collides with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 37 people.
  • April 25 » The first practical solar cell is publicly demonstrated by Bell Telephone Laboratories.
  • June 18 » Carlos Castillo Armas leads an invasion force across the Guatemalan border, setting in motion the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
  • October 10 » The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Muscat, Neil Innes, sends a signal to the Sultanate's forces, accompanied with oil explorers, to penetrate Fahud, marking the beginning of Jebel Akhdar War between the Imamate of Oman and the Sultanate of Muscat.
  • October 15 » Hurricane Hazel devastates the eastern seaboard of North America, killing 95 and causing massive floods as far north as Toronto.

Day of burial October 14, 1954

• The temperature on October 14, 1954 was between 9.8 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 18 » The first Church of Scientology is established in Los Angeles.
  • March 19 » Willie Mosconi sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio, setting a record that remains unbroken.
  • April 26 » The Geneva Conference, an effort to restore peace in Indochina and Korea, begins.
  • July 4 » Rationing ends in the United Kingdom.
  • September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
  • December 23 » First successful kidney transplant is performed by J. Hartwell Harrison and Joseph Murray.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » George Hainsworth, Canadian ice hockey player and politician (b. 1895)
• 1953 » James Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
• 1955 » Theodor Innitzer, Austrian cardinal (b. 1875)
• 1956 » Marie Doro, American actress (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Pope Pius XII (b. 1876)
• 1959 » Shirō Ishii, Japanese general and biologist (b. 1892)