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Day of marriage March 17, 1906

• The temperature on March 17, 1906 was between 7.4 °C and 14.1 °C and averaged 10.0 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 15 » Rolls-Royce Limited is incorporated.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • October 11 » San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • October 16 » The Wilhelm Voigt fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer.
  • December 30 » The All-India Muslim League is founded in Dacca, East Bengal, British India (later Dhaka, Bangladesh).

Day of death January 20, 1966

• The temperature on January 20, 1966 was between -6.3 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -3.7 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (26%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
  • January 13 » Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  • May 15 » After a policy dispute, Prime Minister Nguyễn Cao Kỳ of South Vietnam's ruling junta launches a military attack on the forces of General Tôn Thất Đính, forcing him to abandon his command.
  • June 30 » The National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organization, is founded.
  • September 16 » The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.
  • October 21 » A colliery spoil tip collapses on the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1962 » Robinson Jeffers, American poet and philosopher (b. 1887)
• 1965 » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 1971 » Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1971 » Minanogawa Tōzō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 34th Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1973 » Amílcar Cabral, Guinea Bissauan-Cape Verdian engineer and politician (b. 1924)
• 1973 » Lorenz Böhler, Austrian physician and surgeon (b. 1885)