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Day of marriage May 14, 1914

• The temperature on May 14, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • May 30 » The new, and then the largest, Cunard ocean liner RMSAquitania, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
  • 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 8 » World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
  • September 26 » The United States Federal Trade Commission is established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Day of death August 19, 1964

• The temperature on August 19, 1964 was between 11.9 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 42.7 mm of rain during 14.8 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia.
  • January 12 » Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
  • March 20 » The precursor of the European Space Agency, ESRO (European Space Research Organisation) is established per an agreement signed on June 14, 1962.
  • April 2 » The Soviet Union launches Zond 1.
  • May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • October 12 » The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with a multi-person crew, and the first flight without pressure suits.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Alcide De Gasperi, Italian journalist and politician, 30th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
• 1957 » David Bomberg, English soldier and painter (b. 1890)
• 1967 » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 1968 » George Gamow, Ukrainian-American physicist and cosmologist (b. 1904)
• 1970 » Paweł Jasienica, Polish soldier and historian (b. 1909)