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Day of marriage December 31, 1907

• The temperature on December 31, 1907 was between -7.4 °C and -1.8 °C and averaged -4.4 °C. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.
  • October 21 » The 1907 Qaratog earthquake hits the borders of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, killing between 12,000 and 15,000 people.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 10 » The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected.
  • December 31 » The first New Year's Eve celebration is held in Times Square (then known as Longacre Square) in Manhattan.

Day of death October 14, 1961

• The temperature on October 14, 1961 was between 5.4 °C and 16.5 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 3 » The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
  • January 20 » John F. Kennedy is inaugurated the 35th President of the United States of America, becoming the second youngest man to take the office, and the first Catholic.
  • January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
  • May 16 » Park Chung-hee leads a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic of South Korea.
  • May 31 » The South African Constitution of 1961 becomes effective, thus creating the Republic of South Africa, which remains outside the Commonwealth of Nations until 1 June 1994, when South Africa is returned to Commonwealth membership.
  • September 16 » Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (b. 1882)
• 1959 » Errol Flynn, Australian-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1909)
• 1959 » Jack Davey, New Zealand-Australian singer and radio host (b. 1907)
• 1960 » Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1880)
• 1961 » Harriet Shaw Weaver, English journalist and activist (b. 1876)
• 1961 » Paul Ramadier, French politician, 129th Prime Minister of France (b. 1888)