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Day of marriage March 2, 1918

• The temperature on March 2, 1918 was between -1.9 °C and 1.0 °C and averaged -0.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
  • March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
  • April 1 » The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
  • September 29 » Germany's Supreme Army Command tells the Kaiser and the Chancellor to open negotiations for an armistice.
  • October 8 » World War I: Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132 for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
  • November 21 » The Flag of Estonia, previously used by pro-independence activists, is formally adopted as the national flag of the Republic of Estonia.

Day of death September 19, 1964

• The temperature on September 19, 1964 was between 8.7 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.4 °C. There was 4.3 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (14%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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.
  • April 13 » At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American male to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
  • April 26 » Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
  • June 10 » United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
  • October 1 » Japanese Shinkansen ("bullet trains") begin high-speed rail service from Tokyo to Osaka.
  • November 2 » King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1955 » John D. Dingell, Sr., American journalist and politician (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Lionel Terray, French mountaineer (b. 1921)
• 1967 » Zinaida Serebriakova, Ukrainian-French painter (b. 1884)
• 1968 » Chester Carlson, American physicist and lawyer (b. 1906)
• 1968 » Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (b. 1899)