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Day of marriage May 18, 1901

• The temperature on May 18, 1901 was between 2.4 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 6.4 hours of sunshine (40%). 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 July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Funeral of Queen Victoria.
  • March 1 » The Australian Army is formed.
  • March 2 » United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
  • August 10 » The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.
  • August 14 » The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
  • November 18 » Britain and the United States sign the Hay–Pauncefote Treaty, which nullifies the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty and withdraws British objections to an American-controlled canal in Panama.

Day of death March 13, 1954

• The temperature on March 13, 1954 was between 1.3 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.1 °C. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (36%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Transfer of Crimea: The Soviet Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the transfer of the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR.
  • March 1 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Castle Bravo, a 15-megaton hydrogen bomb, is detonated on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, resulting in the worst radioactive contamination ever caused by the United States.
  • June 27 » The FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match between Hungary and Brazil, highly anticipated to be exciting, instead turns violent, with three players ejected and further fighting continuing after the game.
  • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
  • November 13 » Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
  • December 4 » The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1938 » Clarence Darrow, American lawyer and author (b. 1857)
• 1943 » Stephen Vincent Benét, American poet, short story writer, and novelist (b. 1898)
• 1946 » Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (b. 1878)
• 1962 » Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor († 1882)
• 1965 » Fan Noli, Albanian-American bishop and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1882)
• 1965 » Vittorio Jano, Italian engineer (b. 1891)