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Day of marriage March 25, 1909

• The temperature on March 25, 1909 was between 3.8 °C and 11.2 °C and averaged 8.1 °C. There was 4.9 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole.
  • March 10 » By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
  • April 13 » The military of the Ottoman Empire reverses the Ottoman countercoup of 1909 to force the overthrow of Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • December 4 » The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death May 29, 1957

• The temperature on May 29, 1957 was between 6.1 °C and 16.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 14.1 hours of sunshine (87%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • March 4 » The S&P 500 stock market index is introduced, replacing the S&P 90.
  • April 24 » Suez Crisis: The Suez Canal is reopened following the introduction of UNEF peacekeepers to the region.
  • April 30 » Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.
  • July 26 » Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
  • September 19 » Plumbbob Rainier becomes the first nuclear explosion to be entirely contained underground, producing no fallout.
  • October 3 » The California State Superior Court rules that the book Howl and Other Poems is not obscene.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Dimitrios Levidis, Greek-French soldier and composer (b. 1885)
• 1951 » Fanny Brice, American singer and comedian (b. 1891)
• 1953 » Morgan Russell, American painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1957 » James Whale, English director (b. 1889)
• 1958 » Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1963 » Netta Muskett, English author (b. 1887)