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Day of marriage November 8, 1889

• The temperature on November 8, 1889 was about 10.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. 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 April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta.
  • February 9 » US president Grover Cleveland signs a bill elevating the United States Department of Agriculture to a Cabinet-level agency.
  • March 31 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened.
  • August 4 » The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
  • September 23 » Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
  • November 8 » Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state.

Day of death April 14, 1918

• The temperature on April 14, 1918 was between 4.9 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • July 9 » In Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express, killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history.
  • July 17 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his immediate family and retainers are executed by Bolshevik Chekists at the Ipatiev House in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
  • September 26 » World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive began which would last until the total surrender of German forces.
  • October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
  • November 4 » World War I: The Armistice of Villa Giusti between Italy and Austria-Hungary is implemented.
  • December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1911 » Addie Joss, American baseball player and journalist (b. 1880)
• 1912 » Henri Brisson, French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (b. 1835)
• 1914 » Hubert Bland, English activist, co-founded the Fabian Society (b. 1855)
• 1916 » Gina Krog, Norwegian suffragist and women's rights activist (b. 1847)
• 1917 » L. L. Zamenhof, Polish physician and linguist, created Esperanto (b. 1859)
• 1919 » Auguste-Réal Angers, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1837)