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Day of marriage January 28, 1915

• The temperature on January 28, 1915 was between -6.6 °C and -1.3 °C and averaged -2.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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.
  • June 21 » The U.S. Supreme Court hands down its decision in Guinn v. United States 238 US 347 1915, striking down Oklahoma grandfather clause legislation which had the effect of denying the right to vote to blacks.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • July 16 » At Treasure Island on the Delaware River in the United States, the First Order of the Arrow ceremony takes place and the Order of the Arrow is founded to honor American Boy Scouts who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law.
  • August 15 » A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
  • September 5 » The pacifist Zimmerwald Conference begins.
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Day of death April 11, 1959

• The temperature on April 11, 1959 was between 3.3 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 10.7 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (29%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • February 6 » Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments files the first patent for an integrated circuit.
  • May 4 » The 1st Annual Grammy Awards are held.
  • June 5 » The first government of Singapore is sworn in.
  • August 17 » Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
  • October 12 » At the national congress of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance in Peru, a group of leftist radicals are expelled from the party who later form APRA Rebelde.
  • November 20 » The Declaration of the Rights of the Child is adopted by the United Nations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 1954 » Paul Specht, American violinist and bandleader (b. 1895)
• 1958 » Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and educator (b. 1875)
• 1960 » Rosa Grünberg, Swedish actress (b. 1878)
• 1962 » George Poage, American hurdler and educator (b. 1880)
• 1962 » Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist and academic (b. 1900)