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Day of marriage November 21, 1885

• The temperature on November 21, 1885 was about -1.7 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
  • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
  • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • June 3 » In the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escapes the North-West Mounted Police.
  • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
  • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.

Day of death December 1, 1946

• The temperature on December 1, 1946 was between 3.8 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (51%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 10 » The first General Assembly of the United Nations opens in London. Fifty-one nations are represented.
  • March 21 » The Los Angeles Rams sign Kenny Washington, making him the first African American player in professional American football since 1933.
  • May 4 » In San Francisco Bay, U.S. Marines from the nearby Treasure Island Naval Base stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. Five people are killed in the riot.
  • May 8 » Estonian schoolgirls Aili Jõgi and Ageeda Paavel blow up the Soviet memorial which preceded the Bronze Soldier of Tallinn.
  • June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
  • July 5 » Micheline Bernardini models the first modern bikini at a swimming pool in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1935 » Bernhard Schmidt, Estonian-German optician, invented the Schmidt camera (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Damrong Rajanubhab, Thai historian and educator (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Aleister Crowley, English magician, poet, and mountaineer (b. 1875)
• 1947 » G. H. Hardy, English mathematician and theorist (b. 1877)
• 1950 » Ernest John Moeran, English pianist and composer (b. 1894)
• 1954 » Fred Rose, American pianist, composer, and publisher (b. 1898)