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Day of marriage December 11, 1909

• The temperature on December 11, 1909 was between -2.0 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.2 °C. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • February 22 » The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USSConnecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • June 2 » Alfred Deakin becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • August 28 » A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.

Day of death January 21, 1972

• The temperature on January 21, 1972 was between -3 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 4.4 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • March 22 » The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
  • April 16 » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • May 8 » Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place naval mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
  • May 30 » In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
  • June 8 » Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo.
  • December 18 » Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th.

Day of burial January 26, 1972

• The temperature on January 26, 1972 was between -1.8 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 8.5 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 4.0 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • April 2 » Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communist during the Red Scare in the early 1950s.
  • July 23 » The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
  • August 11 » Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
  • August 14 » An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany, due to an in-flight fire, killing 156.
  • September 1 » In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
  • September 11 » The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, Indian author, poet, and academic (b. 1893)
• 1965 » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 1967 » Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
• 1968 » Will Lang, Jr., American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1977 » Sandro Penna, Italian poet and journalist (b. 1906)
• 1978 » Freda Utley, English scholar and author (b. 1898)