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Christening day December 24, 1916

• The temperature on December 24, 1916 was between 1.5 °C and 7.0 °C and averaged 4.2 °C. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (40%). 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 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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • March 15 » United States President Woodrow Wilson sends 4,800 United States troops over the U.S.–Mexico border to pursue Pancho Villa.
  • May 6 » Vietnamese Emperor Duy Tân is captured while calling upon the people to rise up against the French, and is later deposed and exiled to Réunion island.
  • June 3 » The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.
  • August 2 » World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
  • October 16 » Margaret Sanger opens the first family planning clinic in the United States.
  • November 19 » Samuel Goldwyn and Edgar Selwyn establish Goldwyn Pictures.

Day of marriage June 18, 1942

• The temperature on June 18, 1942 was between 8.0 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 13.6 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 3.7 hours of sunshine (22%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1942: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.0 million citizens.
  • February 20 » Lieutenant Edward O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace.
  • February 24 » The Battle of Los Angeles: A false alarm led to an anti-aircraft barrage that lasted into the early hours of February 25.
  • April 8 » World War II: Siege of Leningrad: Soviet forces open a much-needed railway link to Leningrad.
  • April 18 » World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
  • November 19 » Mutesa II is crowned the 35th and last Kabaka (king) of Buganda, prior to the restoration of the kingdom in 1993.
  • November 19 » World War II: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

Day of death October 17, 2007

• The temperature on October 17, 2007 was between 7.1 °C and 14.6 °C and averaged 11.8 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (13%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, July 7, 2006 to Thursday, February 22, 2007 the cabinet Balkenende III, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2007: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 3 » A Baghdad market bombing kills at least 135 people and injures a further 339.
  • April 27 » Estonian authorities remove the Bronze Soldier, a Soviet Red Army war memorial in Tallinn, amid political controversy with Russia.
  • September 18 » Buddhist monks join anti-government protesters in Myanmar, starting what some call the Saffron Revolution.
  • October 6 » Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth.
  • November 15 » Cyclone Sidr hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 5,000 people and destroying parts of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans.
  • November 29 » The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.

Source: Wikipedia

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