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Day of marriage April 29, 1898

• The temperature on April 29, 1898 was about 13.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 85%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • June 17 » The United States Navy Hospital Corps is established.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • July 8 » The death of crime boss Soapy Smith, killed in the Shootout on Juneau Wharf, releases Skagway, Alaska from his iron grip.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  • December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.
  • December 26 » Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.

Day of death November 7, 1962

• The temperature on November 7, 1962 was between 6.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (30%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • May 31 » The West Indies Federation dissolves.
  • July 1 » Independence of Rwanda and Burundi.
  • July 30 » The Trans-Canada Highway, the longest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
  • August 30 » Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II and its only successful commercial aircraft from before or after the war.
  • November 7 » Eleanor Roosevelt, wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, dies in her bed at her home in New York City.

Day of burial December 11, 1962

• The temperature on December 11, 1962 was between 2.8 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 12.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Charonne massacre. Nine trade unionists are killed by French police at the instigation of Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, then chief of the Paris Prefecture of Police.
  • July 11 » Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
  • July 12 » The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
  • August 17 » Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
  • September 15 » The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  • November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Victor McLaglen, English-American boxer and actor (b. 1883)
• 1962 » Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hans von Euler-Chelpin, German-Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1863)
• 1966 » Rube Bressler, American baseball player (b. 1894)
• 1967 » John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
• 1968 » Gordon Coventry, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1901)