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Day of marriage May 15, 1909

• The temperature on May 15, 1909 was between -0.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • January 23 » RMSRepublic, a passenger ship of the White Star Line, becomes the first ship to use the CQD distress signal after colliding with another ship, the SS Florida, off the Massachusetts coastline, an event that kills six people. The Republic sinks the next day.
  • January 28 » United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish–American War.
  • April 18 » Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome.
  • August 7 » Alice Huyler Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California.
  • September 30 » The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death September 6, 1955

• The temperature on September 6, 1955 was between 11.5 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
  • May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
  • October 1 » The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is established.
  • November 5 » After being destroyed in World War II, the rebuilt Vienna State Opera reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Fidelio.
  • December 5 » E. D. Nixon and Rosa Parks lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
  • December 31 » General Motors becomes the first U.S. corporation to make over US$1 billion in a year.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1898)
• 1956 » Lee Jung-seob, North Korean painter (b. 1916)
• 1956 » Witold Hurewicz, Polish mathematician (b. 1904)
• 1959 » Edmund Gwenn, English actor (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Kay Kendall, English actress and comedian (b. 1927)