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Day of marriage May 16, 1914

• The temperature on May 16, 1914 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (87%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 29 » The Ocean liner RMSEmpress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • September 1 » The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
  • September 9 » World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
  • December 16 » World War I: Admiral Franz von Hipper commands a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death November 13, 1966

• The temperature on November 13, 1966 was between 0.4 °C and 4.2 °C and averaged 2.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from November 22, 1966 to April 5, 1967 the cabinet Zijlstra, with Prof. dr. J. Zijlstra (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1966: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.4 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
  • January 15 » The First Nigerian Republic, led by Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is overthrown in a military coup d'état.
  • November 2 » The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
  • November 8 » U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.
  • November 15 » Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • December 27 » The Cave of Swallows, the largest known cave shaft in the world, is discovered in Aquismón, San Luis Potosí, Mexico.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (b. 1897)
• 1963 » Margaret Murray, Indian-English anthropologist and author (b. 1863)
• 1969 » Iskander Mirza, Indian-Pakistani general and politician, 1st President of Pakistan (b. 1899)
• 1973 » Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
• 1973 » Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1974 » Vittorio De Sica, Italian-French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1901)