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Day of marriage June 5, 1920

• The temperature on June 5, 1920 was between 4.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The second Palmer Raid, ordered by the US Department of Justice, results in 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists being arrested and held without trial.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  • August 13 » Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
  • September 16 » The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan building in New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

Day of death February 18, 1964

• The temperature on February 18, 1964 was between -2.5 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -2.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • March 27 » The Good Friday earthquake, the most powerful earthquake recorded in North American history at a magnitude of 9.2 strikes Southcentral Alaska, killing 125 people and inflicting massive damage to the city of Anchorage.
  • May 2 » Vietnam War: An explosion sinks the American aircraft carrier USNS Card while it is docked at Saigon. Two Viet Cong combat swimmers had placed explosives on the ship's hull. She is raised and returned to service less than seven months later.
  • July 27 » Vietnam War: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to South Vietnam bringing the total number of United States forces in Vietnam to 21,000.
  • August 4 » Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident: U.S. destroyers USSMaddox and USSTurner Joy mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
  • August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
  • November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)
• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)