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Day of marriage February 12, 1898

• The temperature on February 12, 1898 was about 4.7 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • July 3 » A Spanish squadron, led by Pascual Cervera y Topete, is defeated by an American squadron under William T. Sampson in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba.
  • July 4 » En route from New York to Le Havre, the SS La Bourgogne collides with another ship and sinks off the coast of Sable Island, with the loss of 549 lives.
  • August 24 » Count Muravyov, Foreign Minister of Russia presents a rescript that convoked the First Hague Peace Conference.
  • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
  • October 1 » The Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration is founded under the name k.u.k. Exportakademie.
  • December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

Day of death January 31, 1955

• The temperature on January 31, 1955 was between 4.9 °C and 10.5 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (12%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • May 5 » The General Treaty, by which France, Britain and the United States recognize the sovereignty of West Germany, comes into effect.
  • May 25 » In the United States, a night-time F5 tornado strikes the small city of Udall, Kansas, killing 80 and injuring 273. It is the deadliest tornado to ever occur in the state and the 23rd deadliest in the U.S.
  • July 15 » Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
  • August 17 » Hurricane Diane made landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.
  • September 6 » Istanbul's Greek, Jewish, and Armenian minorities are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
  • September 16 » A Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Edwin Howard Armstrong, American engineer, invented FM radio (b. 1890)
• 1954 » Vivian Woodward, English captain and footballer (b. 1879)
• 1955 » John Mott, American activist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 1956 » A. A. Milne, English author, poet, and playwright, created Winnie-the-Pooh (b. 1882)
• 1958 » Karl Selter, Estonian politician, 14th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1898)
• 1960 » Auguste Herbin, French painter (b. 1882)