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Day of marriage May 9, 1914

• The temperature on May 9, 1914 was between 5.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • August 5 » World War I: The German minelayer SSKönigin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMSAmphion.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • November 13 » Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
  • November 15 » Harry Turner becomes the first player to die from game-related injuries in the "Ohio League", the direct predecessor to the National Football League.

Day of death March 27, 1969

• The temperature on March 27, 1969 was between -2.7 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 1.2 °C. There was 9.4 hours of sunshine (75%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 5 » The Venera 5 space probe is launched at 06:28:08 UTC from Baikonur.
  • July 20 » A cease fire is announced between Honduras and El Salvador, six days after the beginning of the "Football War".
  • August 11 » The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.
  • August 13 » The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon.
  • September 5 » My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
  • November 20 » Vietnam War: The Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) publishes explicit photographs of dead villagers from the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• 1968 » Vladimir Seryogin, Russian soldier and pilot (b. 1922)
• 1968 » Yuri Gagarin, Russian colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1934)
• 1973 » Mikhail Kalatozov, Georgian-Russian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (b. 1903)
• 1974 » Eduardo Santos, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Arthur Bliss, English conductor and composer (b. 1891)