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Day of marriage July 10, 1914

• The temperature on July 10, 1914 was between 8.9 °C and 23.4 °C and averaged 18.0 °C. There was 13.1 hours of sunshine (80%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 year 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • July 28 » In the culmination of the July Crisis, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, igniting World War I.
  • August 27 » World War I: Battle of Étreux: A British rearguard action by the Royal Munster Fusiliers during the Great Retreat.
  • September 3 » World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy.
  • September 14 » HMASAE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, was lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
  • November 1 » World War I: The Australian Imperial Force (AIF) departed by ship in a single convoy from Albany, Western Australia bound for Egypt.
  • December 25 » A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas.

Day of death February 6, 1974

• The temperature on February 6, 1974 was between 0.7 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1974: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
  • February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
  • February 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
  • February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
  • June 29 » Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.
  • August 8 » President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
• 1972 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902)
• 1976 » Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1976 » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
• 1981 » Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 1982 » Ben Nicholson, British painter (b. 1894)