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Day of marriage March 15, 1913

• The temperature on March 15, 1913 was between 3.9 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (63%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 20 » Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of the Chinese Nationalist Party, is wounded in an assassination attempt and dies 2 days later.
  • March 31 » The Vienna Concert Society rioted during a performance of modernist music by Arnold Schoenberg, Alban Berg, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Anton von Webern, causing a premature end to the concert due to violence; this concert became known as the Skandalkonzert.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • November 7 » The first day of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, a massive blizzard that ultimately killed 250 and caused over $5 million (about $118,098,000 in 2013 dollars) damage. Winds reach hurricane force on this date.

Day of death March 27, 1951

• The temperature on March 27, 1951 was between 0.1 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.1 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 8.2 hours. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1951: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.2 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Korean War: Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul.
  • March 6 » Cold War: The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins.
  • March 31 » Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
  • May 3 » The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the relief of Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
  • July 20 » King Abdullah I of Jordan is assassinated by a Palestinian while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
  • November 2 » Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Turkish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1866)
• 1945 » Vincent Hugo Bendix, American engineer and businessman, founded Bendix Corporation (b. 1881)
• 1946 » Karl Groos, German psychologist and philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1949 » Elisheva Bikhovski, Israeli-Russian poet (b. 1888)
• 1952 » Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 1956 » Évariste Lévi-Provençal, French orientalist and historian (b. 1894)