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Day of marriage April 19, 1913

• The temperature on April 19, 1913 was between 4.5 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
  • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
  • October 10 » U.S. President Wilson triggers the explosion of the Gamboa Dike, completing major construction on the Panama Canal.
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.

Day of death January 5, 1983

• The temperature on January 5, 1983 was between 4.8 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 9.8 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • April 25 » Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
  • May 1 » The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
  • June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • November 8 » TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed.
  • November 10 » Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.
  • November 26 » Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
• 1981 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1981 » Lanza del Vasto, Italian poet and philosopher (b. 1901)
• 1982 » Edmund Herring, Australian general and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)
• 1982 » Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
• 1985 » Robert L. Surtees, American cinematographer (b. 1906)