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Day of marriage May 4, 1907

• The temperature on May 4, 1907 was between 5.5 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.1 °C. There was 13.0 mm of rain. There was 10.3 hours of sunshine (68%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • January 6 » Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome, Italy.
  • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
  • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
  • October 27 » Fifteen people are killed in Hungary when a gunman opens fire on a crowd gathered at a church consecration.
  • November 9 » The Cullinan Diamond is presented to King Edward VII on his birthday.
  • December 16 » The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.

Day of death November 30, 1971

• The temperature on November 30, 1971 was between -1.8 °C and 4.7 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 2.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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 Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
  • May 30 » Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
  • June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • August 1 » The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • August 15 » Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1966 » Salah Suheimat, Jordanian lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1967 » Patrick Kavanagh, Irish poet and author (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Compton Mackenzie, English-Scottish actor, author, and academic (b. 1883)
• 1977 » Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911)
• 1979 » Laura Gilpin, American photographer (b.1891)
• 1979 » Zeppo Marx, American actor and comedian (b. 1901)