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Day of marriage May 23, 1914

• The temperature on May 23, 1914 was between 11.1 °C and 24.5 °C and averaged 17.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (39%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • March 8 » First flights (for the Royal Thai Air Force) at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
  • September 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.

Day of death October 18, 1978

• The temperature on October 18, 1978 was between 0.6 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 7.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
  • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
  • July 10 » ABC World News Tonight premieres on ABC.
  • August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
  • September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
  • September 19 » The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » K. C. Douglas, American rural blues singer (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Indian poet and author (b. 1895)
• 1977 » Andreas Baader, German militant (b. 1943)
• 1977 » Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (b. 1940)
• 1978 » Ramón Mercader, Spanish journalist, assassin of Leon Trotsky (b. 1914)
• 1980 » Edwin Way Teale, American photographer and author (b. 1899)