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Day of marriage December 2, 1916

• The temperature on December 2, 1916 was between -1.7 °C and 2.4 °C and averaged 0.7 °C. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, receive the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
  • June 5 » Louis Brandeis is sworn in as a Justice of the United States Supreme Court; he is the first American Jew to hold such a position.
  • June 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
  • September 19 » World War I: During the East African Campaign, colonial forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of Charles Tombeur capture the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.

Day of death April 26, 1978

• The temperature on April 26, 1978 was between 2.6 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 6.6 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Proceedings of the United States Senate are broadcast on radio for the first time.
  • April 7 » Development of the neutron bomb is canceled by President Jimmy Carter.
  • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
  • May 12 » In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.
  • September 16 » The 7.4 M_w  Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.
  • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Irene Ryan, American actress and philanthropist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913)
• 1976 » Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Jim Davis, American actor (b. 1909)