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Day of marriage March 19, 1914

• The temperature on March 19, 1914 was between 0.8 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 4.4 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (26%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • April 24 » The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 26 » World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
  • September 3 » French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.

Day of death September 3, 1969

• The temperature on September 3, 1969 was between 7.2 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.1 °C. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (58%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5 perform the first-ever docking of manned spacecraft in orbit, the first-ever transfer of crew from one space vehicle to another, and the only time such a transfer was accomplished with a space walk.
  • January 17 » Black Panther Party members Bunchy Carter and John Huggins are killed during a meeting in Campbell Hall on the campus of UCLA.
  • April 22 » The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta.
  • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
  • November 17 » Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States meet in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.
  • December 8 » Olympic Airways Flight 954 strikes a mountain outside of Keratea, Greece, killing 90 people in the worst crash of a Douglas DC-6 in history.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Francis Ouimet, American golfer and banker (b. 1893)
• 1969 » John Lester, American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871)
• 1970 » Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1943)
• 1970 » Vasil Gendov, Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Vince Lombardi, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 1974 » Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (b. 1901)