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Day of marriage May 11, 1888

• The temperature on May 11, 1888 was about 6.1 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northwest. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 64%. 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 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 1888: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • March 20 » The premiere of the very first Romani language operetta is staged in Moscow, Russia.
  • March 23 » In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional association football league, meets for the first time.
  • June 15 » Crown Prince Wilhelm becomes Kaiser Wilhelm II; he will be the last Emperor of the German Empire. Due to the death of his predecessors Wilhelm I and Frederick III, 1888 is the Year of the Three Emperors.
  • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
  • September 4 » George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
  • September 8 » In England, the first six Football League matches are played.

Day of death April 7, 1946

• The temperature on April 7, 1946 was between -0.4 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1946: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.3 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Democratic Republic of Vietnam introduces the đồng to replace the French Indochinese piastre at par.
  • April 5 » A Fleet Air Arm Vickers Wellington crashes into a residential area in Rabat, Malta during a training exercise, killing all 4 crew members and 16 civilians on the ground.
  • June 2 » Birth of the Italian Republic: In a referendum, Italians vote to turn Italy from a monarchy into a Republic. After the referendum, King Umberto II of Italy is exiled.
  • July 26 » Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport.
  • August 8 » First flight of the Convair B-36, the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
  • December 21 » An 8.1 M_w earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Nankaidō, Japan, kills over 1,300 people and destroys over 38,000 homes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Joseph Lyons, Australian educator and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 1943 » Alexandre Millerand, French lawyer and politician, 12th President of France (b. 1859)
• 1943 » Jovan Dučić, Serbian-American poet and diplomat (b. 1871)
• 1947 » Henry Ford, American engineer and businessman, founded the Ford Motor Company (b. 1863)
• 1949 » John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (b. 1872)
• 1950 » Walter Huston, Canadian-American actor and singer (b. 1883)