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Day of marriage September 14, 1895

• The temperature on September 14, 1895 was about 14.5 °C. The airpressure was 77 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 86%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1895: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 13 » First Italo-Ethiopian War: the war's opening battle, the Battle of Coatit, occurs; it is an Italian victory.
  • May 7 » In Saint Petersburg, Russian scientist Alexander Stepanovich Popov demonstrates to the Russian Physical and Chemical Society his invention, the Popov lightning detector—a primitive radio receiver. In some parts of the former Soviet Union the anniversary of this day is celebrated as Radio Day.
  • May 25 » The Republic of Formosa is formed, with Tang Jingsong as its president.
  • September 3 » John Brallier becomes the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 12-0 win over the Jeanette Athletic Association.
  • September 18 » The Atlanta Exposition Speech on race relations is delivered by Booker T. Washington.
  • December 28 » Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

Day of death July 27, 1954

• The temperature on July 27, 1954 was between 12.6 °C and 18.3 °C and averaged 15.4 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (51%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • June 27 » The Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant, the Soviet Union's first nuclear power station, opens in Obninsk, near Moscow.
  • August 15 » Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
  • August 24 » The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the American Communist Party.
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
  • October 18 » Texas Instruments announces the first transistor radio.
  • November 12 » Ellis Island ceased operations.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Dorothea Bleek, South African anthropologist and philologist (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
• 1948 » Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (b. 1898)
• 1951 » Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and politician, 22nd Estonian Minister of Education (b. 1891)
• 1958 » Claire Lee Chennault, American general and pilot (b. 1893)
• 1960 » Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (b. 1890)