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Day of marriage May 10, 1913

• The temperature on May 10, 1913 was between 9.0 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death December 1, 1978

• The temperature on December 1, 1978 was between -3.4 °C and -0.1 °C and averaged -1.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
  • February 13 » Hilton bombing: a bomb explodes in a refuse truck outside the Hilton Hotel in Sydney, Australia, killing two refuse collectors and a policeman.
  • April 14 » Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrate against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language.
  • September 15 » Muhammad Ali outpointed Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title three times at the Superdome in New Orleans.
  • September 17 » The Camp David Accords are signed by Israel and Egypt.
  • September 25 » PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing 144 people.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » David Ben-Gurion, Israeli politician, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (b. 1886)
• 1975 » Anna Roosevelt Halsted, American journalist (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Ernesto Maserati, Italian race car driver and engineer (b. 1898)
• 1975 » Nellie Fox, American baseball player and coach (b. 1927)
• 1981 » Russ Manning, American author and illustrator (b. 1929)
• 1984 » Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (b. 1911)