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Day of marriage May 18, 1918

• The temperature on May 18, 1918 was between 11.7 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 12.1 hours of sunshine (77%). 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 29 » Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
  • February 6 » British women over the age of 30 who meet minimum property qualifications, get the right to vote when Representation of the People Act 1918 is passed by Parliament.
  • March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
  • May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
  • June 26 » World War I: Allied forces under John J. Pershing and James Harbord defeat Imperial German forces under Wilhelm, German Crown Prince in the Battle of Belleau Wood.
  • October 9 » The Finnish Parliament offers to Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse the throne of a short-lived Kingdom of Finland.

Day of death December 3, 1980

• The temperature on December 3, 1980 was between -0.4 °C and 4.3 °C and averaged 1.8 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 5.5 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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)
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Reports surface that the FBI is targeting allegedly corrupt Congressmen in the Abscam operation.
  • February 25 » The government of Suriname is overthrown by a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
  • May 27 » The Gwangju Massacre: Airborne and army troops of South Korea retake the city of Gwangju from civil militias, killing at least 207 and possibly many more.
  • August 14 » Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
  • November 12 » The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
  • December 11 » The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) is enacted by the U.S. Congress.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)