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Christening day July 18, 1886

• The temperature on July 18, 1886 was about 20.3 °C. The air pressure was 10 kgf/m² and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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 1886: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
  • May 4 » Haymarket affair: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.
  • June 13 » A fire devastates much of Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • June 26 » Henri Moissan isolated elemental Fluorine for the first time.
  • June 30 » The first transcontinental train trip across Canada departs from Montreal, Quebec. It arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4.
  • July 4 » The Canadian Pacific Railway's first scheduled train from Montreal arrives in Port Moody on the Pacific coast, after six days of travel.
  • November 30 » The Folies Bergère stages its first revue.

Day of marriage December 24, 1919

• The temperature on December 24, 1919 was between 4.1 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (35%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • February 14 » The Polish–Soviet War begins.
  • June 28 » The Treaty of Versailles is signed, ending the state of war between Germany and the Allies of World War I.
  • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
  • September 4 » Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
  • December 26 » Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition.

Day of death December 14, 1956

• The temperature on December 14, 1956 was between 4.2 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1956: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
  • May 20 » In Operation Redwing, the first United States airborne hydrogen bomb is dropped over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
  • June 20 » A Venezuelan Super-Constellation crashes in the Atlantic Ocean off Asbury Park, New Jersey, killing 74 people.
  • July 25 » Forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SSAndrea Doria collides with the MSStockholm in heavy fog and sinks the next day, killing 51.
  • October 17 » Bobby Fischer defeats Donald Byrne in the chess Game of the Century.
  • October 21 » The Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya is defeated.
  • November 1 » The Springhill mining disaster in Springhill, Nova Scotia kills 39 miners; 88 are rescued.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1947 » Edward Higgins, English-American 3rd General of The Salvation Army (b. 1864)
• 1947 » Stanley Baldwin, English lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1867)
• 1953 » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 1956 » Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Finnish lawyer and politician, 7th President of Finland (b. 1870)
• 1963 » Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (b. 1924)
• 1964 » William Bendix, American actor (b. 1906)