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Day of marriage May 16, 1918

• The temperature on May 16, 1918 was between 9.4 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
  • February 25 » German forces capture Tallinn to virtually complete the occupation of Estonia.
  • March 16 » Finnish Civil War: Battle of Länkipohja is infamous for its bloody aftermath as the Whites executed 70–100 capitulated Reds.
  • August 27 » Mexican Revolution: Battle of Ambos Nogales: U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican Carrancistas in the only battle of World War I fought on American soil.
  • October 26 » Erich Ludendorff, quartermaster-general of the Imperial German Army, is dismissed by Kaiser Wilhelm II for refusing to cooperate in peace negotiations.
  • November 11 » Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.

Day of death August 28, 1983

• The temperature on August 28, 1983 was between 13.7 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 12 » One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
  • February 13 » A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
  • September 15 » Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
  • October 21 » The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
  • December 7 » An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
  • December 27 » Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Béla Guttmann, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1900)
• 1982 » Geoff Chubb, South African cricketer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian general and politician, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901)
• 1985 » Ruth Gordon, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1986 » Russell Lee, American photographer and journalist (b. 1903)
• 1987 » John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1906)