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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.
  • July 4 » World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
  • October 10 » RMS Leinster is torpedoed and sunk by UB-123, killing 564, the worst-ever on the Irish Sea.
  • October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
  • December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.
  • December 28 » Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

Day of death November 25, 1975

• The temperature on November 25, 1975 was between -3.4 °C and 3.8 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (16%). The partly or heavily clouded 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
  • August 4 » The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
  • August 15 » Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
  • August 20 » Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
  • November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
  • November 14 » With the signing of the Madrid Accords, Spain abandons Western Sahara.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925)
• 1972 » Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (b. 1886)
• 1973 » Laurence Harvey, Lithuania-born English actor (b. 1928)
• 1974 » Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
• 1974 » U Thant, Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1907)