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Day of marriage July 31, 1913

• The temperature on July 31, 1913 was between 10.5 °C and 24.0 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • February 13 » The 13th Dalai Lama proclaims Tibetan independence following a period of domination by Manchu Qing dynasty and initiated a period of almost four decades of independence.
  • March 4 » First Balkan War: The Greek army engages the Turks at Bizani, resulting in victory two days later.
  • May 14 » Governor of New York William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100million donation from John D. Rockefeller.
  • 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.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.

Day of death December 25, 1952

• The temperature on December 25, 1952 was between 2.8 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 March 15, 1951 to September 2, 1952 the cabinet Drees I, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 1952: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.3 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".
  • April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
  • June 13 » Catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
  • July 23 » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
  • September 15 » The United Nations cedes Eritrea to Ethiopia.
  • December 1 » The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sex reassignment surgery.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1949 » Leon Schlesinger, American animator and producer, founded Warner Bros. Cartoons (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Neil Francis Hawkins, English politician (b. 1903)
• 1952 » Margrethe Mather, American photographer (b. 1886)
• 1953 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
• 1953 » William Haselden, British cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 1956 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)