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Day of marriage June 16, 1917

• The temperature on June 16, 1917 was between 15.7 °C and 31.2 °C and averaged 23.0 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 19 » Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400. The resulting fire causes over £2,000,000 worth of damage.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • April 6 » World War I: The United States declares war on Germany (see President Woodrow Wilson's address to Congress).
  • July 20 » World War I: The Corfu Declaration, which leads to the creation of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and Kingdom of Serbia.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • 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.

Day of death October 25, 1986

• The temperature on October 25, 1986 was between 7.2 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 8.0 mm of rain during 4.2 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (25%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 20 » In the United States, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time.
  • February 20 » The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
  • February 22 » Start of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines.
  • May 7 » Canadian Patrick Morrow becomes the first person to climb each of the Seven Summits.
  • May 19 » The Firearm Owners Protection Act is signed into law by U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
  • August 31 » The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Arvid Wallman, Swedish diver (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Bill Eckersley, English footballer (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Gary Holton, English singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
• 1986 » Forrest Tucker, American actor (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Mary McCarthy, American novelist and critic (b. 1912)
• 1990 » Alberto da Costa Pereira, Portuguese footballer (b. 1929)