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Day of marriage March 5, 1908

• The temperature on March 5, 1908 was between -0.9 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.0 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • March 4 » The Collinwood school fire, Collinwood near Cleveland, Ohio, kills 174 people.
  • April 20 » Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
  • June 18 » The University of the Philippines is established.
  • July 23 » The Second Constitution accepted by the Ottomans.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.

Day of death October 6, 1975

• The temperature on October 6, 1975 was between 9.7 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (24%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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)
• 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 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 2 » The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.
  • March 6 » Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
  • March 10 » Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in the South on their way to capturing Saigon in the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
  • June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
  • July 17 » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
  • December 26 » Tu-144, the world's first commercial supersonic aircraft, surpassing Mach2, went into service.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Dennis Price, English actor (b. 1915)
• 1973 » Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (b. 1894)
• 1973 » François Cevert, French race car driver (b. 1944)
• 1973 » Sidney Blackmer, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1974 » Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
• 1976 » Gilbert Ryle, English philosopher and author (b. 1900)