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Day of marriage June 22, 1918

• The temperature on June 22, 1918 was between 8.8 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 4.6 mm of rain. There was 4.6 hours of sunshine (27%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
  • March 30 » Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
  • April 8 » World War I: Actors Douglas Fairbanks and Charlie Chaplin sell war bonds on the streets of New York City's financial district.
  • May 2 » General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
  • May 29 » Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
  • October 30 » World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments

Day of death July 8, 1924

• The temperature on July 8, 1924 was between 9.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 3 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 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1924: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.2 million citizens.
  • March 8 » A mine disaster kills 172 coal miners near Castle Gate, Utah.
  • April 8 » Sharia courts are abolished in Turkey, as part of Atatürk's Reforms.
  • May 10 » J. Edgar Hoover is appointed first Director of the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and remains so until his death in 1972.
  • September 9 » Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
  • November 27 » In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held.
  • December 1 » The National Hockey League's first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played their first game in league play at home, at the still-extant Boston Arena indoor hockey facility.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1913 » Louis Hémon, French-Canadian author (b. 1880)
• 1917 » Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877)
• 1930 » Joseph Ward, Australian-New Zealand businessman and politician, 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1856)
• 1933 » Anthony Hope, English author and playwright (b. 1863)
• 1934 » Benjamin Baillaud, French astronomer and academic (b. 1848)
• 1939 » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)