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Day of marriage September 20, 1913

• The temperature on September 20, 1913 was between 8.1 °C and 17.8 °C and averaged 12.8 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • June 4 » Emily Davison, a suffragette, runs out in front of King George V's horse at The Derby. She is trampled, never regains consciousness, and dies four days later.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • 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.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death March 10, 1950

• The temperature on March 10, 1950 was between -0.9 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.9 hours. There was 0.5 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 13 » Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
  • February 9 » Second Red Scare: US Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with Communists.
  • June 1 » The Chinchaga fire ignites. By September, it would become the largest single fire on record in North America.
  • June 28 » Korean War: Packed with its own refugees fleeing Seoul and leaving their 5th Division stranded, South Korean forces blow up the Hangang Bridge in an attempt to slow North Korea's offensive. The city falls later that day.
  • October 19 » Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.
  • October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1937 » Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian journalist and author (b. 1884)
• 1940 » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian novelist and playwright (b. 1891)
• 1942 » Wilbur Scoville, American pharmacist and chemist (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician (b. 1886)
• 1948 » Zelda Fitzgerald, American author, poet, and dancer (b. 1900)
• 1951 » Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1872)