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Day of marriage December 14, 1918

• The temperature on December 14, 1918 was between 8.6 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 13.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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.
  • January 9 » Battle of Bear Valley: The last battle of the American Indian Wars.
  • January 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  • March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
  • October 1 » Sayid Abdullah becomes the last Khan of Khiva.
  • 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 9 » Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany abdicates after the German Revolution, and Germany is proclaimed a Republic.

Day of death April 5, 1988

• The temperature on April 5, 1988 was between 3.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 3.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • February 20 » The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
  • April 4 » Governor Evan Mecham of Arizona is convicted in his impeachment trial and removed from office.
  • August 10 » Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.
  • October 7 » A hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice near Alaska; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
  • November 15 » Israeli–Palestinian conflict: An independent State of Palestine is proclaimed by the Palestinian National Council.
  • November 18 » War on Drugs: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill into law allowing the death penalty for drug traffickers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Manly Wade Wellman, American writer (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914)
• 1988 » Alf Kjellin, Swedish actor and director (b. 1920)
• 1989 » Frank Foss, American pole vaulter (b. 1895)
• 1989 » Karel Zeman, Czech director, artist, production designer and animator (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Sonny Carter, American soccer player, physician, and astronaut (b. 1947)