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Day of marriage April 15, 1920

• The temperature on April 15, 1920 was between 8.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (30%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 28 » Foundation of the Spanish Legion.
  • March 28 » Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1920 affects the Great Lakes region and Deep South states.
  • June 11 » During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
  • July 11 » In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany.
  • November 2 » In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election.
  • November 15 » First assembly of the League of Nations is held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Day of death November 17, 1957

• The temperature on November 17, 1957 was between 2.3 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1957: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » George Town, Penang, is made a city by a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
  • February 18 » Walter James Bolton becomes the last person legally executed in New Zealand.
  • March 6 » Ghana becomes the first Sub-Saharan country to gain independence from the British.
  • September 5 » Cuban Revolution: Fulgencio Batista bombs the revolt in Cienfuegos.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Eisenhower apologizes to Ghanaian finance minister Gbedemah after he is refused service in a Delaware restaurant.
  • October 14 » At least 81 people are killed in the most devastating flood in the history of the Spanish city of Valencia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Victor Serge, Russian historian and author (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Yitzhak Lamdan, Russian-Israeli poet and journalist (b. 1899)
• 1955 » James P. Johnson, American pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1958 » Mort Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1913)
• 1959 » Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1968 » Mervyn Peake, English poet, author, and illustrator (b. 1911)