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Day of marriage May 12, 1917

• The temperature on May 12, 1917 was between 10.1 °C and 27.0 °C and averaged 19.2 °C. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 5 » The Congress of the United States passes the Immigration Act of 1917 over President Woodrow Wilson's veto.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • March 31 » According to the terms of the Treaty of the Danish West Indies, the islands become American possessions.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  • October 12 » World War I: The First Battle of Passchendaele takes place resulting in the largest single-day loss of life in New Zealand history.

Day of death June 1, 1980

• The temperature on June 1, 1980 was between 8.7 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 7.9 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 17 » First winter ascent of Mount Everest by Krzysztof Wielicki and Leszek Cichy.
  • May 20 » In a referendum in Quebec, the population rejects, by 60% of the vote, a government proposal to move towards independence from Canada.
  • July 30 » Israel's Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law.
  • August 26 » After John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, in the United States, the FBI inadvertently detonates the bomb during its disarming.
  • September 23 » Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • October 29 » Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Werner Forssmann, German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• 1980 » Arthur Nielsen, American businessman, founded the ACNielsen company (b. 1897)
• 1981 » Carl Vinson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1883)
• 1983 » Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (b. 1903)
• 1985 » Richard Greene, English actor and soldier (b. 1918)
• 1986 » Jo Gartner, Austrian racing driver (b. 1958)