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Day of marriage October 23, 1915

• The temperature on October 23, 1915 was between -0.8 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 5.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • February 19 » World War I: The first naval attack on the Dardanelles begins when a strong Anglo-French task force bombards Ottoman artillery along the coast of Gallipoli.
  • March 27 » Typhoid Mary, the first healthy carrier of disease ever identified in the United States is put in quarantine for the second time, where she would remain for the rest of her life.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • May 7 » World War I: German submarine U-20 sinks RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. Public reaction to the sinking turns many former pro-Germans in the United States against the German Empire.
  • May 17 » The last British Liberal Party government (led by H. H. Asquith) falls.
  • December 20 » World War I: The last Australian troops are evacuated from Gallipoli.

Day of death April 10, 1961

• The temperature on April 10, 1961 was between 4.7 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • February 4 » The Angolan War of Independence and the greater Portuguese Colonial War begin.
  • February 12 » The Soviet Union launches Venera 1 towards Venus.
  • February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • March 2 » John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
  • July 12 » Indian city Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams, killing at least two thousand people.
  • August 1 » U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1958 » Chuck Willis, American singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 1960 » André Berthomieu, French director and screenwriter (b. 1903)
• 1962 » Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)
• 1962 » Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish artist and musician (b. 1940)
• 1965 » Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1965 » Lloyd Casner, American race car driver, founded Casner Motor Racing Division (b. 1928)