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Christening day September 9, 1917

• The temperature on September 9, 1917 was between 11.6 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 15.2 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • February 3 » First World War: The American entry into World War I begins when diplomatic relations with Germany are severed due to its unrestricted submarine warfare.
  • March 25 » The Georgian Orthodox Church restores its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811.
  • May 19 » The Norwegian football club Rosenborg BK is founded.
  • June 28 » World War I: Greece joins the Allied powers.
  • July 12 » The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.
  • December 9 » World War I: Field Marshal Allenby captures Jerusalem, Palestine.

Day of marriage November 22, 1930

• The temperature on November 22, 1930 was between 7.7 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 10.6 °C. There was 15.1 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 31 » 3M begins marketing Scotch Tape.
  • March 29 » Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • June 1 » The Deccan Queen is introduced as first intercity train between Bombay VT (Now Mumbai CST) and Poona (Pune) to run on electric locomotives.
  • August 16 » The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
  • November 11 » Patent number US1781541 is awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

Day of death May 16, 1991

• The temperature on May 16, 1991 was between 3.9 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 16 » Coalition Forces go to war with Iraq, beginning the Gulf War.
  • January 29 » Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.
  • February 16 » Nicaraguan Contras leader Enrique Bermúdez is assassinated in Managua.
  • May 24 » Israel conducts Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
  • September 19 » Ötzi the Iceman is discovered in the Alps on the border between Italy and Austria.
  • December 4 » Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1989 » Leila Kasra, Iranian poet and songwriter (b. 1939)
• 1990 » Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (b. 1936)
• 1990 » Sammy Davis Jr., American singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1925)
• 1993 » Marv Johnson, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1938)
• 1994 » Alain Cuny, French actor (b. 1908)
• 1996 » Jeremy Michael Boorda, American admiral (b. 1939)