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Day of marriage May 10, 1919

• The temperature on May 10, 1919 was between 9.2 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (69%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Montenegrin guerrilla fighters rebel against the planned annexation of Montenegro by Serbia, but fail.
  • January 15 » Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, two of the most prominent socialists in Germany, are tortured and murdered by the Freikorps at the end of the Spartacist uprising.
  • April 10 » Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata is ambushed and shot dead by government forces in Morelos.
  • July 21 » The dirigible Wingfoot Air Express crashes into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, killing 12 people.
  • July 27 » The Chicago Race Riot erupts after a racial incident occurred on a South Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period.
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Day of death July 17, 1950

• The temperature on July 17, 1950 was between 10.5 °C and 19.9 °C and averaged 15.7 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Robert Schuman presents his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman Declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
  • May 13 » The first round of the Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone.
  • May 29 » The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • August 25 » President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
  • September 24 » The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
  • November 13 » General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » William James Sidis, American mathematician and anthropologist (b. 1898)
• 1945 » Ernst Busch, German field marshal (b. 1885)
• 1946 » Draža Mihailović, Serbian general (b. 1893)
• 1946 » Florence Fuller, South African-born Australian artist (b. 1867)
• 1950 » Antonie Nedošinská, Czech actress (b. 1885)
• 1950 » Evangeline Booth, English 4th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)