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Christening day July 31, 1881

• The temperature on July 31, 1881 was about 19.0 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 89%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 20, 1879 to April 23, 1883 the cabinet Van Lijnden van Sandenburg, with Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (conservatief-AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1881: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 12 » In North Africa, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate.
  • May 21 » The American Red Cross is established by Clara Barton in Washington, D.C.
  • June 28 » The Austro–Serbian Alliance of 1881 is secretly signed.
  • July 14 » Billy the Kid is shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.
  • September 19 » U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
  • September 20 » U.S. President Chester A. Arthur is sworn in, the morning after becoming President upon James A. Garfield's death.

Day of marriage June 4, 1913

• The temperature on June 4, 1913 was between 12.0 °C and 24.6 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • March 4 » The United States Department of Labor is formed.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • November 5 » King Otto of Bavaria is deposed by his cousin, Prince Regent Ludwig, who assumes the title Ludwig III.
  • December 1 » The Buenos Aires Metro, the first underground railway system in the Southern Hemisphere and in Latin America, begins operation.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death February 16, 1958

• The temperature on February 16, 1958 was between 4.9 °C and 9.9 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (42%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1958: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.1 million citizens.
  • February 21 » The CND symbol, aka peace symbol, commissioned by the Direct Action Committee in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.
  • March 17 » The United States launches the first solar-powered satellite.
  • March 19 » The Monarch Underwear Company fire leaves 24 dead and 15 injured.
  • December 5 » Subscriber Trunk Dialling (STD) is inaugurated in the United Kingdom by Queen Elizabeth II when she speaks to the Lord Provost in a call from Bristol to Edinburgh.
  • December 14 » The 3rd Soviet Antarctic Expedition becomes the first to reach the southern pole of inaccessibility.
  • December 18 » Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1957 » Josef Hofmann, Polish-American pianist and composer (b. 1876)
• 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)