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Day of marriage May 7, 1914

• The temperature on May 7, 1914 was between 7.5 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 2.4 mm of rain. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (2%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • March 1 » The Republic of China joins the Universal Postal Union.
  • June 23 » Mexican Revolution: Pancho Villa takes Zacatecas from Victoriano Huerta.
  • July 18 » The U.S. Congress forms the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps, giving official status to aircraft within the U.S. Army for the first time.
  • August 12 » World War I: The United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit.
  • August 21 » World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.
  • September 5 » World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.

Day of death October 7, 1965

• The temperature on October 7, 1965 was between 10.7 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 14.2 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • March 5 » March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
  • September 11 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
  • September 17 » The Battle of Chawinda is fought between Pakistan and India.
  • November 8 » The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.
  • November 9 » Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
  • December 9 » A Charlie Brown Christmas, first in a series of Peanuts television specials, debuts on CBS.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1959 » Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
• 1966 » Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
• 1966 » Johnny Kidd, English singer songwriter (b. 1935)
• 1967 » Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
• 1969 » Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
• 1970 » Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)