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Day of marriage May 29, 1900

• The temperature on May 29, 1900 was about 14.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 67%. 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Permanent Court of Arbitration, an international arbitration court at The Hague, is created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratifies an 1899 peace conference decree.
  • February 7 » Second Boer War: British troops fail in their third attempt to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • April 5 » Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B.
  • May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
  • December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.

Day of death May 4, 1951

• The temperature on May 4, 1951 was between 9.1 °C and 21.2 °C and averaged 14.3 °C. There was 5.1 mm of rain during 5.7 hours. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records "Rocket 88", often cited as "the first rock and roll record", at Sam Phillips's recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.
  • March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
  • May 13 » The 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos is commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru.
  • September 1 » The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
  • September 4 » The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
  • October 16 » The first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, is assassinated in Rawalpindi.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Carl von Ossietzky, German journalist and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• 1938 » Kanō Jigorō, Japanese founder of judo (b. 1860)
• 1941 » Chris McKivat, Australian rugby player and coach (b. 1880)
• 1945 » Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1953 » Alexandre Pharamond, French rugby player (b. 1876)
• 1955 » George Enescu, Romanian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1881)