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Day of marriage January 29, 1904

• The temperature on January 29, 1904 was between 1.1 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Ålesund Fire: the Norwegian coastal town Ålesund is devastated by fire, leaving 10,000 people homeless and one person dead. Kaiser Wilhelm II funds the rebuilding of the town in Jugendstil style.
  • February 7 » A fire begins in Baltimore, Maryland; it destroys over 1,500 buildings in 30 hours.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • October 27 » The first underground New York City Subway line opens, later designated as the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
  • December 6 » Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.

Day of death December 20, 1959

• The temperature on December 20, 1959 was between 7.0 °C and 11.4 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 6 Bft (strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • March 18 » The Hawaii Admission Act is signed into law.
  • March 31 » The 14th Dalai Lama, crosses the border into India and is granted political asylum.
  • August 7 » Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
  • November 2 » The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway.
  • December 1 » Cold War: Opening date for signature of the Antarctic Treaty, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and bans military activity on the continent.
  • December 3 » The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1950 » Enrico Mizzi, Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1885)
• 1954 » James Hilton, English-American author and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1956 » Ramón Carrillo, Argentinian neurologist and physician (b. 1906)
• 1959 » Juhan Simm, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1885)
• 1961 » Earle Page, Australian soldier and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Moss Hart, American director and playwright (b. 1904)