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Day of marriage November 3, 1917

• The temperature on November 3, 1917 was between 6.6 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • October 31 » World War I: Battle of Beersheba: The "last successful cavalry charge in history".
  • November 5 » October Revolution: Lenin calls for the October Revolution.

Day of death February 8, 1943

• The temperature on February 8, 1943 was between -1.9 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (41%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • January 17 » World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis captures the 200-ton sailing vessel Agios Stefanos and mans her with part of her crew.
  • February 16 » World War II: In the early phases of the Third Battle of Kharkov, Red Army troops re-enter the city.
  • March 22 » World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
  • September 7 » A fire at the Gulf Hotel in Houston kills 55 people.
  • November 18 » World War II: Battle of Berlin: Four hundred and forty Royal Air Force planes bomb Berlin causing only light damage and killing 131. The RAF loses nine aircraft and 53 air crew.
  • December 15 » World War II: The Battle of Arawe begins during the New Britain campaign.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1932 » Yordan Milanov, Bulgarian architect, designed the Sveti Sedmochislenitsi Church (b. 1867)
• 1935 » Eemil Nestor Setälä, Finnish linguist and politician, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs (b. 1864)
• 1936 » Charles Curtis, American lawyer and politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (b. 1866)
• 1956 » Connie Mack, American baseball player and manager (b. 1862)
• 1957 » Walther Bothe, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)