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Day of marriage March 8, 1917

• The temperature on March 8, 1917 was between -6.4 °C and 0.4 °C and averaged -2.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • March 15 » Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • November 7 » The Gregorian calendar date of the October Revolution, which gets its name from the Julian calendar date of 25 October. On this date in 1917, the Bolsheviks storm the Winter Palace.
  • December 6 » Finland declares independence from Soviet Russia.

Day of death November 9, 1947

• The temperature on November 9, 1947 was between 7.5 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 5.3 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. 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 July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
  • February 23 » International Organization for Standardization is founded.
  • February 28 » February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
  • March 8 » Thirteen thousand troops of the Republic of China Army arrive in Taiwan after the February 28 Incident and launch crackdowns which kill thousands of people, including many elites. This turns into a major root of the Taiwan independence movement.
  • August 17 » The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
  • November 6 » Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.
  • November 17 » The Screen Actors Guild implements an anti-Communist loyalty oath.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1942 » Charles Courtney Curran, American painter (b. 1861)
• 1942 » Edna May Oliver, American actress (b. 1883)
• 1944 » Frank Marshall, American chess player and theoretician (b. 1877)
• 1951 » Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American pianist and composer (b. 1887)
• 1952 » Chaim Weizmann, Belarusian-Israeli chemist, academic, and politician, 1st President of Israel (b. 1874)
• 1952 » Philip Murray, Scottish-American labor leader (b. 1886)