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Day of marriage June 13, 1918

• The temperature on June 13, 1918 was between 8.0 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
  • March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
  • April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
  • June 22 » The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana.
  • November 27 » The Free Territory of Ukraine is established in Huliaipole.
  • December 17 » Darwin Rebellion: Up to 1,000 demonstrators march on Government House in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

Day of death February 18, 1975

• The temperature on February 18, 1975 was between 2.8 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 4.8 hours. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.
  • August 14 » The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens in London.
  • September 15 » The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).
  • September 29 » WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
  • October 16 » Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.
  • November 28 » East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Dragiša Cvetković, Serbian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1893)
• 1973 » Frank Costello, Italian-American gangster (b. 1891)
• 1976 » Wallace Berman, American painter and illustrator (b. 1926)
• 1977 » Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1978 » Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Jack Northrop, American engineer and businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (b. 1895)