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Day of marriage May 18, 1911

• The temperature on May 18, 1911 was between 10.3 °C and 16.6 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (38%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • January 14 » Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.
  • May 19 » Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
  • July 4 » A massive heat wave strikes the northeastern United States, killing 380 people in eleven days and breaking temperature records in several cities.
  • October 10 » The day after a bomb explodes prematurely, the Wuchang Uprising begins against the Chinese monarchy.
  • November 1 » World's first combat aerial bombing mission takes place in Libya during the Italo-Turkish War. Second Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of Italy drops several small bombs.
  • November 11 » Many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.

Day of death February 16, 1969

• The temperature on February 16, 1969 was between -4.3 °C and 0.8 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1969: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.8 million citizens.
  • April 3 » Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
  • April 15 » The EC-121 shootdown incident: North Korea shoots down a United States Navy aircraft over the Sea of Japan, killing all 31 on board.
  • June 22 » The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
  • July 16 » Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Kennedy, Florida.
  • August 8 » At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
  • August 17 » Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Dazzy Vance, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1967 » Smiley Burnette, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1911)
• 1974 » John Garand, Canadian-American engineer, designed the M1 Garand Rifle(b. 1888)
• 1975 » Morgan Taylor, American hurdler and coach (b. 1903)
• 1977 » Janani Luwum, bishop, Church of Uganda, martyr (b. c.1922)
• 1977 » Rózsa Péter, Hungarian mathematician (b. 1905)