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Day of marriage February 14, 1901

• The temperature on February 14, 1901 was between -11.3 °C and -3.9 °C and averaged -7.5 °C. There was 1.7 hours of sunshine (17%). 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 Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
  • July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • September 17 » Second Boer War: A Boer column defeats a British force at the Battle of Blood River Poort.
  • September 28 » Philippine–American War: Filipino guerrillas kill more than forty American soldiers while losing 28 of their own.
  • December 12 » Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" [***] in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

Day of death August 14, 1951

• The temperature on August 14, 1951 was between 10.7 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• 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.
  • February 6 » The Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derails near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident kills 85 people and injures over 500 more. The wreck is one of the worst rail disasters in American history.
  • March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
  • July 4 » William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
  • October 3 » Korean War: The First Battle of Maryang San pits Commonwealth troops against communist Chinese troops.
  • December 17 » The American Civil Rights Congress delivers "We Charge Genocide" to the United Nations.
  • December 20 » The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (b. 1863)
• 1954 » Hugo Eckener, German pilot and designer (b. 1868)
• 1954 » Nikos Ploumpidis, Greek activist (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
• 1956 » Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)
• 1958 » Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)