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Day of marriage May 13, 1916

• The temperature on May 13, 1916 was between 7.4 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (16%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli concludes with an Ottoman Empire victory when the last Allied forces are evacuated from the peninsula.
  • February 21 » World War I: In France, the Battle of Verdun begins.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • June 29 » British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
  • July 1 » World War I: First day on the Somme: On the first day of the Battle of the Somme 19,000 soldiers of the British Army are killed and 40,000 wounded.
  • October 7 » Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.

Day of death January 29, 1942

• The temperature on January 29, 1942 was between -3.8 °C and 2.2 °C and averaged -0.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (13%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 14 » Battle of Pasir Panjang contributes to the fall of Singapore.
  • February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
  • May 7 » World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.
  • May 12 » World War II: Second Battle of Kharkov: In eastern Ukraine, Red Army forces under Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launch a major offensive from the Izium bridgehead, only to be encircled and destroyed by the troops of Army Group South two weeks later.
  • August 16 » World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
  • November 26 » Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Fritz Haber, Polish-German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 1941 » Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and politician, 130th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1871)
• 1944 » William Allen White, American journalist and author (b. 1868)
• 1946 » Harry Hopkins, American businessman and politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta (b. 1900)
• 1950 » Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (b. 1885)