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Day of marriage May 23, 1885

• The temperature on May 23, 1885 was about 14.5 °C. There was 3 mm of rain. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 68%. 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 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop
  • March 30 » The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
  • May 1 » The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opens for business.
  • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • November 17 » Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsa begins.
  • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

Day of death April 25, 1943

• The temperature on April 25, 1943 was between 6.4 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 11.1 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 1943: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • March 3 » World War II: In London, 173 people are killed in a crush while trying to enter an air-raid shelter at Bethnal Green tube station.
  • March 5 » First Flight of the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first combat jet aircraft.
  • June 19 » The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
  • July 23 » World War II: The British destroyers HMSEclipse and HMSLaforey sink the Italian submarineAscianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoes the cruiser HMSNewfoundland.
  • August 31 » USSHarmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
  • November 1 » World War II: The 3rd Marine Division, United States Marines, landing on Bougainville in the Solomon Islands, secures a beachhead, leading that night to a naval clash at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1941 » Salih Bozok, Turkish commander and politician (b. 1881)
• 1943 » Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (b. 1858)
• 1944 » George Herriman, American cartoonist (b. 1880)
• 1944 » Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1859)
• 1944 » William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (b. 1859)
• 1945 » Huldreich Georg Früh, Swiss composer (b. 1903)