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Day of marriage November 5, 1915

• The temperature on November 5, 1915 was between 1.1 °C and 9.3 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (55%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • January 28 » An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • May 9 » World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • June 9 » William Jennings Bryan resigns as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMSLusitania.

Day of death July 26, 1979

• The temperature on July 26, 1979 was between 13.7 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.4 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (74%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
  • February 18 » Richard Petty wins a then-record sixth Daytona 500 after leaders Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crash on the final lap of the first NASCAR race televised live flag-to-flag.
  • October 6 » Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
  • October 14 » The first National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights draws approximately 100,000 people.
  • October 17 » Mother Teresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • November 4 » Iran hostage crisis: A group of Iranian college students overruns the U.S. embassy in Tehran and takes 90 hostages.

Day of burial July 30, 1979

• The temperature on July 30, 1979 was between 14.3 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 17.9 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • June 18 » SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • October 31 » Western Airlines Flight 2605 crashes on landing in Mexico City, killing 73 people.
  • November 21 » The United States Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, is attacked by a mob and set on fire, killing four.
  • December 27 » The Soviet Union invades the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Robert Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Diane Arbus, American photographer and academic (b. 1923)
• 1984 » Ed Gein, American serial killer (b. 1906)
• 1984 » George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
• 1986 » W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
• 1988 » Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher, scholar, and academic (b. 1919)