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Day of marriage April 12, 1917

• The temperature on April 12, 1917 was between 0.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 3.0 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurs as a result of sabotage.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • 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.
  • October 4 » World War I: The Battle of Broodseinde is fought between the British and German armies in Flanders.
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.
  • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Day of death August 1, 1966

• The temperature on August 1, 1966 was between 12.1 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 7.7 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 10 » Tashkent Declaration, a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
  • February 26 » Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
  • May 26 » British Guiana gains independence, becoming Guyana.
  • August 29 » The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
  • September 30 » Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
  • October 17 » The 23rd Street Fire in New York City kills 12 firefighters.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Theodore Roethke, American poet (b. 1908)
• 1966 » Charles Whitman, American murderer (b. 1941)
• 1967 » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 1970 » Doris Fleeson, American journalist (b. 1901)
• 1970 » Frances Farmer, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1970 » Otto Heinrich Warburg, German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)