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Day of marriage May 11, 1895

• The temperature on May 11, 1895 was about 15.6 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 9 » William G. Morgan creates a game called Mintonette, which soon comes to be referred to as volleyball.
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
  • October 22 » In Paris an express train derails after overrunning the buffer stop, crossing almost 30 metres (100ft) of concourse before crashing through a wall and falling 10 metres (33ft) to the road below.
  • November 27 » At the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies.
  • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Day of death October 29, 1931

• The temperature on October 29, 1931 was between 3.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (43%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • March 11 » Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
  • May 14 » Five unarmed civilians are killed in the Ådalen shootings, as the Swedish military is called in to deal with protesting workers.
  • May 29 » Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
  • August 24 » Resignation of the United Kingdom's Second Labour Government. Formation of the UK National Government.
  • December 9 » The Constituent Cortes approves a constitution which establishes the Second Spanish Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1924 » Frances Hodgson Burnett, English-American novelist and playwright (b. 1849)
• 1932 » Joseph Babinski, French neurologist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1933 » Albert Calmette, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1863)
• 1933 » George Luks, American painter and illustrator (b. 1867)
• 1933 » Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
• 1936 » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)