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Day of marriage September 28, 1918

• The temperature on September 28, 1918 was between 5.9 °C and 13.6 °C and averaged 9.5 °C. There was 20.0 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (31%). 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 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 28 » Finnish Civil War: The Red Guard rebels seize control of the capital, Helsinki; members of the Senate of Finland go underground.
  • August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
  • October 28 » First World War: A new Polish government in western Galicia is established, triggering the Polish–Ukrainian War.
  • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
  • December 1 » Transylvania unites with Romania, following the incorporation of Bessarabia (March 27) and Bukovina (November 28), thus concluding the Great Union.
  • December 27 » The Great Poland Uprising against the Germans begins.

Day of death February 20, 1940

• The temperature on February 20, 1940 was between -6.9 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.6 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1940: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.8 million citizens.
  • May 10 » World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland.
  • June 14 » The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
  • July 27 » The animated short A Wild Hare is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
  • August 3 » World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
  • September 27 » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
  • November 16 » New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1920 » Jacinta Marto, Portuguese saint (b. 1910)
• 1920 » Robert Peary, American admiral and explorer (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Takiji Kobayashi, Japanese writer (b. 1903)
• 1936 » Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879)
• 1957 » Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Turkish scholar and politician (b. 1878)
• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)