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Day of marriage March 6, 1915

• The temperature on March 6, 1915 was between 4.9 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 24 » World War I: British Grand Fleet battle cruisers under Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty engage Rear-Admiral Franz von Hipper's battle cruisers in the Battle of Dogger Bank.
  • January 26 » The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of the U.S. Congress.
  • March 26 » The Vancouver Millionaires win the 1915 Stanley Cup Finals, the first championship played between the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the National Hockey Association.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • October 13 » First World War: The Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt marks the end of the Battle of Loos.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Day of death January 31, 1955

• The temperature on January 31, 1955 was between 4.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The EOKA rebellion against the British Empire begins in Cyprus, with the goal of unifying with Greece.
  • June 14 » Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
  • July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.
  • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
  • November 1 » The bombing of United Airlines Flight 629 occurs near Longmont, Colorado, killing all 39 passengers and five crew members aboard the Douglas DC-6B airliner.
  • November 15 » The first part of Saint Petersburg Metro is opened.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)