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Day of marriage May 28, 1881

• The temperature on May 28, 1881 was about 15.7 °C. There was 11 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 16 » The Canadian Pacific Railway is incorporated by Act of Parliament at Ottawa (44th Vic., c.1).
  • February 24 » China and Russia sign the Sino-Russian Ili Treaty.
  • April 16 » In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
  • June 29 » In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
  • July 1 » The world's first international telephone call is made between St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada, and Calais, Maine, United States.
  • December 4 » The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

Day of death September 2, 1949

• The temperature on September 2, 1949 was between 12.8 °C and 21.5 °C and averaged 16.8 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  • October 1 » The People's Republic of China is established.
  • October 7 » The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
  • October 14 » The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders in the United States convicts eleven defendants of conspiring to advocate the violent overthrow of the federal government.
  • October 16 » The Greek Communist Party announces a "temporary cease-fire", thus ending the Greek Civil War.
  • November 2 » The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.

Day of burial September 6, 1949

• The temperature on September 6, 1949 was between 15.5 °C and 23.6 °C and averaged 18.3 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (30%). 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1949: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » Luis Muñoz Marín is inaugurated as the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico.
  • January 26 » The Hale telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (until BTA-6 is built in 1976).
  • February 14 » The Knesset (parliament of Israel) convenes for the first time.
  • August 5 » In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
  • August 22 » The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.
  • November 18 » The Iva Valley Shooting occurs after the coal miners of Enugu in Nigeria go on strike over withheld wages; 21 miners are shot dead and 51 are wounded by police under the supervision of the British colonial administration of Nigeria.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)
• 1945 » Mason Phelps, American golfer (b. 1885)
• 1948 » Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
• 1953 » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 1953 » Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
• 1954 » Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)