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Day of marriage December 27, 1913

• The temperature on December 27, 1913 was between 2.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 3 » The Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect an income tax.
  • March 22 » Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
  • April 4 » First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
  • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
  • October 31 » Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile highway across United States.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death February 25, 1945

• The temperature on February 25, 1945 was between 3.4 °C and 7.9 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • March 29 » World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
  • April 4 » World War II: American troops liberate Ohrdruf forced labor camp in Germany.
  • May 5 » World War II: The Prague uprising begins as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation.
  • May 8 » Hundreds of Algerian civilians are killed by French Army soldiers in the Sétif massacre.
  • October 12 » World War II: Desmond Doss is the first conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Medal of Honor.
  • October 21 » French women vote for the first time during the 1945 French legislative election.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, American botanist and academic (b. 1857)
• 1934 » John McGraw, American baseball player and manager (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Mário de Andrade, Brazilian author, poet, and photographer (b. 1893)
• 1950 » George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1953 » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)
• 1957 » Mark Aldanov, Russian author and critic (b. 1888)