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Day of marriage February 12, 1920

• The temperature on February 12, 1920 was between 1.4 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.6 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (66%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The Treaty of Versailles takes effect, officially ending World War I.
  • March 14 » In the second of the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, about 80% of the population in Zone II votes to remain part of Weimar Germany.
  • April 23 » The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) is founded in Ankara. The assembly denounces the government of Sultan Mehmed VI and announces the preparation of a temporary constitution.
  • August 11 » The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
  • August 16 » The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Day of death June 14, 1974

• The temperature on June 14, 1974 was between 13.1 °C and 25.5 °C and averaged 19.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (81%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • May 17 » Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
  • July 24 » Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
  • September 10 » Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
  • September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
  • December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
  • December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
• 1972 » Dündar Taşer, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Alan Reed, American actor, original voice of Fred Flintstone (b.1907)
• 1977 » Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
• 1980 » Charles Miller, American saxophonist and flute player (b. 1939)