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Day of marriage December 22, 1917

• The temperature on December 22, 1917 was between -7.3 °C and 1.5 °C and averaged -2.1 °C. There was 6.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • January 9 » World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
  • February 23 » First demonstrations in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The beginning of the February Revolution (March 8 in the Gregorian calendar).
  • March 1 » The Zimmermann Telegram is reprinted in newspapers across the United States after the U.S. government releases its unencrypted text.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • June 5 » World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
  • December 2 » World War I: Russia and the Central Powers sign an armistice at Brest-Litovsk, and peace talks leading to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk begin.

Day of death January 18, 1929

• The temperature on January 18, 1929 was between -11.0 °C and 2.0 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 0.6 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• 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 1929: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.7 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
  • April 8 » Indian independence movement: At the Delhi Central Assembly, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt throw handouts and bombs to court arrest.
  • June 1 » The 1st Conference of the Communist Parties of Latin America is held in Buenos Aires.
  • September 24 » Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
  • October 18 » The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overrules the Supreme Court of Canada in Edwards v. Canada when it declares that women are considered "Persons" under Canadian law.
  • December 3 » President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It was presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1923 » Wallace Reid, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891)
• 1936 » Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (b. 1871)
• 1936 » Rudyard Kipling, English author and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1940 » Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer, Polish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1951 » Amy Carmichael, Irish missionary and humanitarian (b. 1867)
• 1952 » Curly Howard, American actor (b. 1903)