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Day of marriage October 3, 1914

• The temperature on October 3, 1914 was between 4.0 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 11.2 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 3 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)
• 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.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • April 23 » First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park, in Chicago.
  • August 5 » In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
  • August 25 » World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.

Day of death September 18, 1948

• The temperature on September 18, 1948 was between 6.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 4.5 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till September 4, 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1948: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.7 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Burma gains its independence from the United Kingdom becoming an independent republic, named the Union of Burma, with Sao Shwe Thaik as its first President and U Nu its first Prime Minister.
  • February 28 » Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots and looting in Accra.
  • May 26 » The U.S. Congress passes Public Law 80-557, which permanently establishes the Civil Air Patrol as an auxiliary of the United States Air Force.
  • September 15 » The Indian Army captures the towns of Jalna, Latur, Mominabad, Surriapet and Narkatpalli as part of Operation Polo.
  • September 17 » The Nizam of Hyderabad surrenders his sovereignty over the Hyderabad State and joins the Indian Union.
  • December 17 » The Finnish Security Police is established to remove communist leadership from its predecessor, the State Police.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Fred Karno, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1866)
• 1944 » Robert G. Cole, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1915)
• 1949 » Frank Morgan, American actor (b. 1890)
• 1951 » Gelett Burgess, American author and poet (b. 1866)
• 1952 » Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (b. 1879)
• 1953 » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian racing driver (b. 1927)