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Day of marriage October 11, 1917

• The temperature on October 11, 1917 was between 2.8 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain. There was 6.9 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • August 28 » Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • November 25 » World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1,200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
  • December 15 » World War I: An armistice between Russia and the Central Powers is signed.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Day of death May 13, 1981

• The temperature on May 13, 1981 was between 11.0 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 17 » President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos lifts martial law eight years and five months after declaring it.
  • March 11 » Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
  • June 27 » The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China issues its "Resolution on Certain Questions in the History of Our Party Since the Founding of the People's Republic of China", laying the blame for the Cultural Revolution on Mao Zedong.
  • October 27 » Cold War: The Soviet submarine S-363 runs aground on the east coast of Sweden.
  • November 23 » Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
  • December 4 » South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

Source: Wikipedia

• 1974 » Arthur J. Burks, American colonel and author (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican poet and diplomat (b. 1902)
• 1975 » Bob Wills, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1905)
• 1977 » Mickey Spillane, American mobster (b. 1934)
• 1985 » Leatrice Joy, American actress (b. 1893)
• 1985 » Richard Ellmann, American literary critic and biographer (b. 1918)