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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.
  • February 13 » Copyright: In New York City the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers is established to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.
  • March 7 » Prince William of Wied arrives in Albania to begin his reign as King.
  • August 26 » World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
  • August 29 » World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
  • September 1 » St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
  • December 8 » World War I: A squadron of Britain's Royal Navy defeats the Imperial German East Asia Squadron in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic.

Day of death January 10, 1968

• The temperature on January 10, 1968 was between -9.4 °C and 3.2 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 1968: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.7 million citizens.
  • February 12 » Phong Nhị and Phong Nhất massacre.
  • March 16 » General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, the Oldsmobile Toronado.
  • May 30 » Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 events in France.
  • August 21 » Cold War: Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.
  • November 15 » The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • December 27 » Apollo program: Apollo 8 splashes down in the Pacific Ocean, ending the first orbital manned mission to the Moon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Charles E. Burchfield, American painter (b. 1893)
• 1968 » Ali Fuat Cebesoy, Turkish general and politician, 6th Speaker of the Parliament of Turkey (b. 1882)
• 1969 » Sampurnanand, Indian educator and politician, 2nd Governor of Rajasthan (b. 1891)
• 1970 » Pavel Belyayev, Russian pilot and astronaut (b. 1925)
• 1971 » Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded Chanel (b. 1883)
• 1971 » Ignazio Giunti, Italian race car driver (b. 1941)