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Day of marriage May 20, 1893

• The temperature on May 20, 1893 was about 19.9 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 66%. 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 August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1893: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 21 » The Tati Concessions Land, formerly part of Matabeleland, is formally annexed to the Bechuanaland Protectorate, now Botswana.
  • February 1 » Thomas A. Edison finishes construction of the first motion picture studio, the Black Maria in West Orange, New Jersey.
  • February 28 » The USSIndiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
  • April 1 » The rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy is established.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • May 1 » The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.

Day of death February 18, 1962

• The temperature on February 18, 1962 was between 1.5 °C and 6.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
  • July 10 » Telstar, the world's first communications satellite, is launched into orbit.
  • September 6 » Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the second century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
  • September 18 » Burundi, Jamaica, Rwanda and Trinidad and Tobago are admitted to the United Nations.
  • October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
  • December 8 » Workers at four New York City newspapers (this later increases to nine) go on strike for 114 days.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1957 » Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer, astrophysicist, and academic (b. 1877)
• 1960 » Gertrude Vanderbilt, American stage actress (b. c. 1885)
• 1964 » Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (b. 1907)
• 1966 » Robert Rossen, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1908)
• 1967 » J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (b. 1904)