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Day of marriage November 10, 1906

• The temperature on November 10, 1906 was between 0.7 °C and 9.6 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (88%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 10 » The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in northern France.
  • April 7 » The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
  • June 30 » The United States Congress passes the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)
  • September 7 » Alberto Santos-Dumont flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France for the first time successfully.
  • September 20 » The Cunard Line's RMSMauretania is launched at Newcastle upon Tyne, England.

Day of death October 8, 1913

• The temperature on October 8, 1913 was between 9.9 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » A group of meteors is visible across much of the eastern seaboard of North and South America, leading astronomers to conclude the source had been a small, short-lived natural satellite of the Earth.
  • February 17 » The Armory Show opens in New York City, displaying works of artists who are to become some of the most influential painters of the early 20th century.
  • February 21 » Ioannina is incorporated into the Greek state after the Balkan Wars.
  • April 24 » The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1897 » Alexei Savrasov, Russian painter and academic (b. 1830)
• 1928 » Larry Semon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1889)
• 1931 » John Monash, Australian general and engineer (b. 1865)
• 1936 » Ahmet Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman politician, 292nd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1845)
• 1936 » Premchand, Indian author and screenwriter (b. 1880)
• 1936 » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)