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Day of marriage August 19, 1916

• The temperature on August 19, 1916 was between 8.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 19.2 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • February 29 » Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from 12 to 14 years old.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • September 6 » The first self-service grocery store Piggly Wiggly was opened in Memphis, Tennessee by Clarence Saunders.
  • September 27 » Iyasu V is proclaimed deposed as ruler of Ethiopia in a palace coup in favor of his aunt Zewditu.
  • October 27 » Negus Mikael, marching on the Ethiopian capital in support of his son Emperor Iyasu V, is defeated by Fitawrari abte Giyorgis, securing the throne for Empress Zewditu I.
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

Day of death March 29, 1955

• The temperature on March 29, 1955 was between -2.0 °C and 4.4 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
  • January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
  • March 2 » Norodom Sihanouk, king of Cambodia, abdicates the throne in favor of his father, Norodom Suramarit.
  • April 12 » The polio vaccine, developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, is declared safe and effective.
  • August 20 » Battle of Philippeville: In Morocco, a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.
  • September 16 » The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
  • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1940 » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player and soldier (b. 1916)
• 1948 » Harry Price, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1881)
• 1957 » Joyce Cary, Anglo-Irish novelist (b. 1888)
• 1959 » Barthélemy Boganda, African priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
• 1963 » August Rei, Estonian soldier, journalist, and politician, 12th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1886)
• 1963 » Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian dentist and politician, 19th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1898)