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Day of marriage May 27, 1911

• The temperature on May 27, 1911 was between 9.6 °C and 23.9 °C and averaged 17.5 °C. There was 14.0 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. 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 year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
  • March 25 » In New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire kills 146 garment workers.
  • March 29 » The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
  • August 24 » Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn-in as the first President of Portugal.
  • September 25 » An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship Liberté detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship.
  • October 5 » The Kowloon–Canton Railway commences service.
  • November 5 » After declaring war on the Ottoman Empire on September 29, 1911, Italy annexes Tripoli and Cyrenaica.

Day of death November 2, 1964

• The temperature on November 2, 1964 was between 5.6 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.4 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1964: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.0 million citizens.
  • February 10 » Melbourne–Voyager collision: The aircraft carrier HMASMelbourne collides with and sinks the destroyer HMASVoyager off the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, killing 82.
  • March 19 » Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
  • April 26 » Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
  • July 20 » Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack the capital of Định Tường Province, Cái Bè, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians (30 of whom are children).
  • August 19 » Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
  • December 4 » Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » James Thurber, American humorist and cartoonist (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I, Hakim of Bahrain (b. 1894)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Diệm, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of the Republic of Vietnam (b. 1901)
• 1963 » Ngô Đình Nhu, Vietnamese activist, archivist, politician, and tactical strategist (b. 1910)
• 1966 » Mississippi John Hurt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1892)
• 1966 » Peter Debye, Dutch-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)