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Day of marriage May 16, 1908

• The temperature on May 16, 1908 was between 9.2 °C and 13.1 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 4 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 August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• 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 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 15 » The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority becomes the first Greek-letter organization founded and established by African American college women.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • April 8 » Harvard University votes to establish the Harvard Business School.
  • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • November 3 » William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

Day of death December 6, 1960

• The temperature on December 6, 1960 was between 2.5 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a wind of change", signalling that his Government was likely to support decolonisation.
  • May 24 » Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
  • August 16 » Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • August 16 » Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
  • August 19 » Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.
  • December 17 » Troops loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Harold Ross, American journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker (b. 1892)
• 1955 » Honus Wagner, American baseball player and manager (b. 1874)
• 1956 » B. R. Ambedkar, Indian economist and politician, 1st Indian Minister of Justice (b. 1891)
• 1961 » Frantz Fanon, Martinique-French psychiatrist and author (b. 1925)
• 1964 » Evert van Linge, Dutch footballer and architect (b. 1895)
• 1972 » Janet Munro, English actress and singer (b. 1934)