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Day of marriage August 7, 1879

• The temperature on August 7, 1879 was about 17.3 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1879: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • January 23 » Anglo-Zulu War: the Battle of Rorke's Drift ends.
  • February 8 » Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.
  • February 14 » The War of the Pacific breaks out when the Chilean Army occupies the Bolivian port city of Antofagasta.
  • February 15 » Women's rights: US President Rutherford B. Hayes signs a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court of the United States.
  • April 23 » Fire burns down the second main building and dome of the University of Notre Dame, which prompts the construction of the third, and current, Main Building with its golden dome.
  • September 3 » Siege of the British Residency in Kabul: British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire.

Day of death December 10, 1935

• The temperature on December 10, 1935 was between -1.4 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1935: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.4 million citizens.
  • January 13 » A plebiscite in Saarland shows that 90.3% of those voting wish to join Nazi Germany.
  • June 18 » Police in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, clash with striking longshoremen, resulting in a total of 60 injuries and 24 arrests.
  • July 1 » Regina, Saskatchewan police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.
  • October 19 » The League of Nations places economic sanctions on Italy for its invasion of Ethiopia.
  • December 18 » The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is founded in Ceylon.
  • December 30 » The Italian Air Force bombs a Swedish Red Cross hospital during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1929 » Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
• 1932 » Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1936 » Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1939 » John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)
• 1941 » Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)