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Day of marriage March 29, 1919

• The temperature on March 29, 1919 was between -1.3 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
  • June 4 » Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
  • June 11 » Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown.
  • August 8 » The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 is signed. It establishes peaceful relations between Afghanistan and the UK, and confirms the Durand line as the mutual border. In return, the UK is no longer obligated to subsidize the Afghan government.
  • November 28 » Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Day of death June 8, 1971

• The temperature on June 8, 1971 was between 9.2 °C and 17.5 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
  • April 10 » Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
  • April 19 » Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
  • August 22 » J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
  • September 20 » Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
  • October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Elizabeth Enright, American author and illustrator (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Ludovico Scarfiotti, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
• 1969 » Robert Taylor, American actor and singer (b. 1911)
• 1970 » Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1908)
• 1971 » J.I. Rodale, American author and playwright (b. 1898)