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Day of marriage May 10, 1918

• The temperature on May 10, 1918 was between 7.5 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  • February 16 » The Council of Lithuania unanimously adopts the Act of Independence, declaring Lithuania an independent state.
  • October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
  • October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
  • November 11 » Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence.
  • November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

Day of death February 12, 1950

• The temperature on February 12, 1950 was between 3.5 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 4.7 hours. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (37%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with the UK in response.
  • January 14 » The first prototype of the MiG-17 makes its maiden flight.
  • March 1 » Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.
  • July 20 » Cold War: In Philadelphia, Harry Gold pleads guilty to spying for the Soviet Union by passing secrets from atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs.
  • October 11 » CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
  • December 2 » Korean War: Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ended, with decisive Chinese victory, UN forces were completely expelled from North Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Avraham Stern, Polish-Israeli militant leader (b. 1907)
• 1942 » Eugene Esmonde, Irish-English lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1909)
• 1942 » Grant Wood, American painter and academic (b. 1891)
• 1947 » Moses Gomberg, Ukrainian-American chemist and academic (b. 1866)
• 1949 » Hassan al-Banna, Egyptian educator, founded the Muslim Brotherhood (b. 1906)
• 1954 » Dziga Vertov, Polish-Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1896)