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Day of marriage February 17, 1906

• The temperature on February 17, 1906 was between 4.5 °C and 7.7 °C and averaged 6.0 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1906: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • April 18 » An earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California.
  • May 6 » The Russian Constitution of 1906 is adopted (on April 23 by the Julian calendar).
  • June 8 » Theodore Roosevelt signs the Antiquities Act into law, authorizing the President to restrict the use of certain parcels of public land with historical or conservation value.
  • June 26 » The first Grand Prix motor race is held at Le Mans.
  • August 5 » Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
  • August 13 » The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence; all are later dishonorably discharged. (Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements.)

Day of death March 30, 1964

• The temperature on March 30, 1964 was between 0.8 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 9.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • January 28 » An unarmed United States Air Force T-39 Sabreliner on a training mission is shot down over Erfurt, East Germany, by a Soviet MiG-19.
  • April 11 » Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected President by the National Congress.
  • May 5 » The Council of Europe declares May 5 as Europe Day.
  • August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
  • December 5 » Lloyd J. Old discovered the first linkage between the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and disease—mouse leukemia—opening the way for the recognition of the importance of the MHC in the immune response.
  • December 5 » Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1964 » Nella Larsen, American nurse and author (b. 1891)
• 1965 » Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1966 » Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1966 » Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1966 » Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)