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Day of marriage June 14, 1911

• The temperature on June 14, 1911 was between 2.0 °C and 15.7 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
  • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
  • May 23 » The New York Public Library is dedicated.
  • June 28 » The Nakhla meteorite, the first one to suggest signs of aqueous processes on Mars, falls to Earth, landing in Egypt.
  • August 29 » Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
  • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.

Day of death September 25, 1971

• The temperature on September 25, 1971 was between 3.0 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 12.0 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • March 25 » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
  • July 11 » Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
  • September 8 » In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
  • September 13 » Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
  • September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
  • December 5 » Battle of Gazipur: Pakistani forces stand defeated as India cedes Gazipur to Bangladesh.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1968 » Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898)
• 1971 » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 » John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895)