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Day of marriage December 4, 1917

• The temperature on December 4, 1917 was between -6.9 °C and 4.0 °C and averaged -1.2 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 24 » World War I: The U.S. ambassador Walter Hines Page to the United Kingdom is given the Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona to Mexico if Mexico declares war on the United States.
  • March 8 » The United States Senate votes to limit filibusters by adopting the cloture rule.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • July 27 » World War I: The Allies reach the Yser Canal at the Battle of Passchendaele.
  • November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Day of death January 21, 1990

• The temperature on January 21, 1990 was between 8.0 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.4 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1990: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.9 million citizens.
  • April 9 » An IRA bombing in County Down, Northern Ireland, kills three members of the UDR.
  • May 4 » Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.
  • July 22 » Greg LeMond, an American road racing cyclist, wins his third Tour de France after leading the majority of the race. It was LeMond's second consecutive Tour de France victory.
  • October 8 » Second Intifada: Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock.
  • November 12 » Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
  • November 28 » British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and, therefore, as Prime Minister. She is succeeded in both positions by John Major.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Charles Goodell, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (b. 1926)
• 1988 » Vincent Lingiari, Australian Aboriginal rights activist (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Carl Furillo, American baseball player (b. 1922)
• 1993 » Charlie Gehringer, American baseball player and manager (b. 1903)
• 1994 » Bassel al-Assad, Son of the former President of the Syrian Arab Republic Hafez al-Assad (b. 1962)