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Day of marriage November 13, 1913

• The temperature on November 13, 1913 was between 5.7 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • January 5 » First Balkan War: The Battle of Lemnos begins; Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • June 23 » Second Balkan War: The Greeks defeat the Bulgarians in the Battle of Doiran.
  • September 23 » Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • November 9 » The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, the most destructive natural disaster ever to hit the lakes, reaches its greatest intensity after beginning two days earlier. The storm destroys 19 ships and kills more than 250 people.
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

Day of death October 21, 1964

• The temperature on October 21, 1964 was between 0.3 °C and 8.1 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 2.5 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
  • March 31 » Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état.
  • May 29 » The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
  • July 6 » Malawi declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
  • October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
  • October 29 » A collection of irreplaceable gems, including the 565 carat (113 g) Star of India, is stolen by a group of thieves (among them is "Murph the surf") from the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (b. 1918)
• 1965 » Bill Black, American bass player and bandleader (b. 1926)
• 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
• 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
• 1970 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)
• 1971 » Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888)