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Day of marriage May 19, 1900

• The temperature on May 19, 1900 was about 9.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 53%. 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 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1900: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The United States Senate accepts the Anglo-German treaty of 1899 in which the United Kingdom renounces its claims to the Samoan islands.
  • January 31 » Datu Muhammad Salleh is killed in Kampung Teboh, Tambunan, ending the Mat Salleh Rebellion.
  • February 14 » British forces begin the Battle of the Tugela Heights in an effort to lift the Siege of Ladysmith.
  • February 27 » Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
  • June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
  • August 16 » The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.

Day of death June 2, 1961

• The temperature on June 2, 1961 was between 11.3 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 31 » Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: Ham the Chimp travels into outer space.
  • February 27 » The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
  • March 15 » At the 1961 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference, South Africa announces that it will withdraw from the Commonwealth when the South African Constitution of 1961 comes into effect.
  • September 17 » The world's first retractable roof stadium, the Civic Arena, opens in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
  • December 15 » Adolf Eichmann is sentenced to death after being found guilty by an Israeli court of 15 criminal charges, including charges of crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership of an outlawed organization.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor and director (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (b. 1884)
• 1961 » George S. Kaufman, American director, producer, and playwright (b. 1889)
• 1962 » Vita Sackville-West, English author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (b. 1940)
• 1968 » André Mathieu, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1929)