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Day of marriage May 9, 1889

• The temperature on May 9, 1889 was about 23.3 °C. The air pressure was 14 kgf/m² and came mainly from the east-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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.
  • May 6 » The Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the public at the Universal Exposition in Paris.
  • May 31 » Johnstown Flood: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
  • June 29 » Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  • August 13 » William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for "Coin-controlled apparatus for telephones."
  • September 28 » The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defines the length of a meter.
  • November 23 » The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

Day of death January 27, 1933

• The temperature on January 27, 1933 was between -12.7 °C and -3.0 °C and averaged -8.6 °C. There was 7.2 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
  • February 27 » Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire; Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility.
  • March 10 » The Long Beach earthquake affects the Greater Los Angeles Area leaving around 108 people dead.
  • April 1 » English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand.
  • April 5 » U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens.
  • October 12 » The military Alcatraz Citadel becomes the civilian Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1921 » Maurice Buckley, Australian sergeant (b. 1891)
• 1922 » Nellie Bly, American journalist and author (b. 1864)
• 1927 » Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Lithuanian bishop (b. 1871)
• 1931 » Nishinoumi Kajirō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 25th Yokozuna (b. 1880)
• 1940 » Isaac Babel, Russian short story writer, journalist, and playwright (b. 1894)
• 1942 » Kaarel Eenpalu, Estonian journalist and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1888)