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Day of marriage May 12, 1893

• The temperature on May 12, 1893 was about 16.0 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. 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 17 » Lorrin A. Thurston, along with the Citizens' Committee of Public Safety, led the Overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii and the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani.
  • April 6 » Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is dedicated by Wilford Woodruff.
  • July 9 » Daniel Hale Williams, American heart surgeon, performs the first successful open-heart surgery in United States without anesthesia.
  • November 1 » The Battle of Bembezi took place and was the most decisive battle won by the British in the First Matabele War of 1893.
  • November 28 » Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the 1893 New Zealand general election.
  • December 4 » First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.

Day of death January 3, 1950

• The temperature on January 3, 1950 was between 3.2 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 17 » The Great Brink's Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car company's offices in Boston.
  • February 8 » Cold War: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
  • August 24 » Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations.
  • September 4 » Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
  • October 21 » Korean War: Heavy fighting begins between British and Australian forces against the North Koreans during the Battle of Yongju.
  • November 21 » Two Canadian National Railway trains collide in northeastern British Columbia in the Canoe River train crash; the death toll is 21, with 17 of them Canadian troops bound for Korea.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)