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Day of marriage May 18, 1889

• The temperature on May 18, 1889 was about 14.8 °C. There was 20 mm of rain. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1889: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
  • January 30 » Archduke Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, is found dead with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in the Mayerling.
  • February 11 » Meiji Constitution of Japan is adopted.
  • May 11 » An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort results in the theft of over $28,000 and the award of two Medals of Honor.
  • June 3 » The first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States is completed, running 14 miles (23km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.
  • June 6 » The Great Seattle Fire destroys all of downtown Seattle.

Day of death January 28, 1942

• The temperature on January 28, 1942 was between -4.5 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.7 hours of sunshine (53%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.
  • February 15 » World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
  • May 4 » World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USSYorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.
  • August 26 » At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
  • October 9 » Australia's Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 receives royal assent.
  • December 7 » World War II: British commandos conduct Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Anastasios Metaxas, Greek architect and target shooter (b. 1862)
• 1938 » Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver (b. 1909)
• 1939 » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1942 » Edward Siegler, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1881)
• 1945 » Roza Shanina, Russian sergeant and sniper (b. 1924)
• 1947 » Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan-French composer, conductor, and critic (b. 1875)