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Christening day September 7, 1884

• The temperature on September 7, 1884 was about 15.3 °C. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-southwest. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
• In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • February 1 » The first volume (A to Ant) of the Oxford English Dictionary is published.
  • March 13 » The Siege of Khartoum begins. It lasts until January 26, 1885.
  • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
  • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
  • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
  • October 6 » The Naval War College of the United States is founded in Rhode Island.

Day of marriage December 16, 1909

• The temperature on December 16, 1909 was between -5.6 °C and 0.7 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 1.8 hours of sunshine (23%). 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 year 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 15 » The Flores Theater fire in Acapulco, Mexico kills 250.
  • May 31 » The National Negro Committee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
  • August 24 » Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.
  • September 20 » The South Africa Act 1909 creates the Union of South Africa from the British Colonies from four smaller colonies.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
  • December 14 » New South Wales Premier Charles Wade signs the Seat of Government Surrender Act 1909, formally completing the transfer of State land to the Commonwealth to create the Australian Capital Territory.

Day of death November 20, 1965

• The temperature on November 20, 1965 was between -2.4 °C and -0.9 °C and averaged -1.7 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 6.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
  • March 18 » Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
  • March 21 » Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
  • March 24 » Images from the Ranger 9 lunar probe are broadcast live on network television.
  • August 11 » Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
  • August 19 » Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (b. 1875)
• 1959 » Sylvia Lopez, French model and actress (b. 1933)
• 1960 » Ya'akov Cahan, Israeli writer and translator (b. 1881)
• 1972 » Ennio Flaiano, Italian writer and journalist (b. 1910)
• 1973 » Allan Sherman, American actor, comedian, and producer (b. 1924)
• 1975 » Francisco Franco, Spanish Fascist dictator (b. 1892)