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Day of marriage November 7, 1914

• The temperature on November 7, 1914 was between 4.5 °C and 10.3 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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.
  • April 9 » Mexican Revolution: One of the world's first naval/air skirmishes takes place off the coast of western Mexico.
  • July 4 » The funeral of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie takes place in Vienna, six days after their assassinations in Sarajevo.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • September 17 » Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
  • October 27 » First World War: The new British battleship HMS Audacious is sunk by a minefield laid by the armed German merchant-cruiser Berlin.
  • December 15 » World War I: The Serbian Army recaptures Belgrade from the invading Austro-Hungarian Army.

Day of death August 6, 1972

• The temperature on August 6, 1972 was between 11.5 °C and 24.1 °C and averaged 18.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1972: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.3 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province.
  • March 20 » The Troubles: The first Provisional IRA car bombing in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland.
  • April 13 » Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
  • June 9 » Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and causes $160million in damage.
  • June 23 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
  • December 30 » Vietnam War: The United States halts heavy bombing of North Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1969 » Theodor W. Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
• 1970 » Nikos Tsiforos, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 1973 » Fulgencio Batista, Cuban colonel and politician, 9th President of Cuba (b. 1901)
• 1976 » Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
• 1978 » Edward Durell Stone, American architect, designed Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Pope Paul VI (b. 1897)