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Christening day September 18, 1870

• The temperature on September 18, 1870 was about 15.1 °C. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 70%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
• In the year 1870: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing voting rights to male citizens regardless of race.
  • February 23 » Reconstruction Era: Post-U.S. Civil War military control of Mississippi ends and it is readmitted to the Union.
  • March 30 » Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.
  • July 15 » Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory are transferred to Canada from the Hudson's Bay Company, and the province of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories are established from these vast territories.
  • August 6 » Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussian victory.
  • September 6 » Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.

Day of marriage May 30, 1903

• The temperature on May 30, 1903 was between 13.5 °C and 28.4 °C and averaged 21.3 °C. There was 15.0 hours of sunshine (92%). 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 August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1903: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.3 million citizens.
  • April 19 » The Kishinev pogrom in Kishinev (Bessarabia) begins, forcing tens of thousands of Jews to later seek refuge in Palestine and the Western world.
  • August 2 » The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
  • October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
  • October 13 » The Boston Red Sox win the first modern World Series, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the eighth game.
  • October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
  • November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").

Day of death August 25, 1954

• The temperature on August 25, 1954 was between 11.6 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 1.8 hours. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • January 20 » In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
  • March 13 » The Battle of Điện Biên Phủ begins with an artillery barrage by Viet Minh forces under Võ Nguyên Giáp; Viet Minh victory lead to the end of the First Indochina War and French withdrawal from Vietnam.
  • March 19 » Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
  • May 13 » The anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese middle school students in Singapore, take place.
  • July 7 » Elvis Presley makes his radio debut when WHBQ Memphis played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right".
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 » John Birch, American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1956 » Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 » Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)