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Day of marriage May 28, 1914

• The temperature on May 28, 1914 was between 5.6 °C and 14.4 °C and averaged 8.9 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (22%). 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • January 9 » The Phi Beta Sigma fraternity is founded by African-American students at Howard University in Washington D.C., United States.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  • August 9 » Start of the Battle of Mulhouse, part of a French attempt to recover the province of Alsace and the first French offensive of World War I.
  • August 14 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive designed to recover the lost province of Moselle from Germany.
  • November 28 » World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

Day of death July 19, 1969

• The temperature on July 19, 1969 was between 8.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.8 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 8.6 hours of sunshine (53%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 5.
  • January 30 » The Beatles' last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records in London. The impromptu concert is broken up by the police.
  • March 13 » Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
  • April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
  • November 21 » The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
  • December 17 » Project Blue Book: The United States Air Force closes its study of UFOs.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » William Andrew, English priest (b. 1884)
• 1965 » Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (b. 1875)
• 1967 » Odell Shepard, American poet and politician, 66th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (b. 1884)
• 1969 » Stratis Myrivilis, Greek soldier and author (b. 1890)
• 1974 » Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1975 » Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1928)