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Day of marriage December 2, 1905

• The temperature on December 2, 1905 was between -2.9 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -0.8 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1905: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.5 million citizens.
  • March 23 » Eleftherios Venizelos calls for Crete's union with Greece, and begins what is to be known as the Theriso revolt.
  • May 5 » The trial in the Stratton Brothers case begins in London, England; it marks the first time that fingerprint evidence is used to gain a conviction for murder.
  • August 10 » Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
  • September 1 » Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
  • December 11 » A workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and establishes the Shuliavka Republic.
  • December 30 » Former Idaho Governor Frank Steunenberg is assassinated at the front gate of his home in Caldwell.

Day of death July 14, 1962

• The temperature on July 14, 1962 was between 8.9 °C and 20.4 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Western Samoa achieves independence from New Zealand; its name is changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa.
  • February 10 » Cold War: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
  • March 16 » A Flying Tiger Line Super Constellation disappears in the western Pacific Ocean, with all 107 aboard missing and presumed dead.
  • August 20 » The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage.
  • November 4 » The United States concludes Operation Fishbowl, its final above-ground nuclear weapons testing series, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
  • November 24 » Cold War: The West Berlin branch of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany forms a separate party, the Socialist Unity Party of West Berlin.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1954 » Jacinto Benavente, Spanish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)
• 1965 » Adlai Stevenson II, American soldier and politician, 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (b. 1900)
• 1966 » Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (b. 1878)
• 1967 » Tudor Arghezi, Romanian author and poet (b. 1880)
• 1968 » Konstantin Paustovsky, Russian author and poet (b. 1892)
• 1970 » Preston Foster, American actor (b. 1900)