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Christening day November 6, 1898

• The temperature on November 6, 1898 was about 12.7 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 80%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Spanish–American War: The United States declares war on Spain.
  • June 12 » Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
  • August 29 » The Goodyear tire company is founded.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.
  • December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

Day of marriage February 24, 1923

• The temperature on February 24, 1923 was between -1.0 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • August 18 » First British Track and Field championships for women, London.
  • September 1 » The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
  • September 8 » Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
  • October 16 » The Walt Disney Company is founded.
  • October 22 » The royalist Leonardopoulos–Gargalidis coup d'état attempt fails in Greece, discrediting the monarchy and paving the way for the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic.

Day of death July 12, 1978

• The temperature on July 12, 1978 was between 10.6 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • January 31 » The Crown of St. Stephen (also known as the Holy Crown of Hungary) goes on public display after being returned to Hungary from the United States, where it was held after World War II.
  • March 16 » Supertanker Amoco Cadiz splits in two after running aground on the Portsall Rocks, three miles off the coast of Brittany, resulting in the largest oil spill in history at that time.
  • April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
  • June 11 » Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
  • June 21 » The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London.
  • November 23 » Cyclone kills about 1000 people in eastern Sri Lanka.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Lon Chaney, Jr., American actor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1887)
• 1979 » Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
• 1979 » Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist († 1979)
• 1982 » Kenneth More, English actor (b. 1914)
• 1983 » Chris Wood, English saxophonist (b. 1944)