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Day of marriage February 9, 1899

• The temperature on February 9, 1899 was about 13.0 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 83%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1899: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
  • February 6 » Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, is ratified by the United States Senate.
  • March 30 » German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
  • November 2 » The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
  • November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
  • December 11 » Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein the Boers commanded by general Piet Cronjé inflict a defeat on the forces of the British Empire commanded by Lord Methuen trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley.

Day of death April 28, 1955

• The temperature on April 28, 1955 was between 6.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
  • June 16 » In a futile effort to topple Argentine President Juan Perón, rogue aircraft pilots of the Argentine Navy drop several bombs upon an unarmed crowd demonstrating in favor of Perón in Buenos Aires, killing 364 and injuring at least 800. At the same time on the ground, some soldiers attempt to stage a coup but are suppressed by loyal forces.
  • August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
  • December 1 » American Civil Rights Movement: In Montgomery, Alabama, seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested for violating the city's racial segregation laws, an incident which leads to that city's bus boycott.
  • December 5 » The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merge and form the AFL–CIO.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1946 » Louis Bachelier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1870)
• 1954 » Léon Jouhaux, French union leader, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
• 1956 » Fred Marriott, American race car driver (b. 1872)
• 1957 » Heinrich Bär, German colonel and pilot (b. 1913)
• 1962 » Bennie Osler, South African rugby player (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (b. 1880)