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Day of marriage May 10, 1913

• The temperature on May 10, 1913 was between 9.0 °C and 16.3 °C and averaged 12.3 °C. There was 17.8 mm of rain. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • January 18 » First Balkan War: A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • July 3 » Confederate veterans at the Great Reunion of 1913 reenact Pickett's Charge; upon reaching the high-water mark of the Confederacy they are met by the outstretched hands of friendship from Union survivors.
  • July 12 » Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege is later called off when the war ends.
  • October 14 » Senghenydd colliery disaster, the United Kingdom's worst coal mining accident, claims the lives of 439 miners.

Day of death May 15, 1973

• The temperature on May 15, 1973 was between -0.2 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 7.7 °C. There was 10.9 hours of sunshine (70%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.
  • January 14 » Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii is broadcast live via satellite, and sets the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history.
  • January 23 » United States President Richard Nixon announces that a peace accord has been reached in Vietnam.
  • June 24 » The UpStairs Lounge, a gay bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, is attacked by an arsonist during a church service, and 32 people die from smoke inhalation or fire.
  • August 22 » The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
  • September 11 » JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1967 » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 » Italo Mus, Italian painter (b. 1892)
• 1969 » Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1890)
• 1971 » Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (b. 1900)
• 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
• 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)