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Day of marriage November 6, 1909

• The temperature on November 6, 1909 was between 0.2 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. 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 1909: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.8 million citizens.
  • February 26 » Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
  • April 6 » Robert Peary and Matthew Henson become the first people to reach the North Pole; Peary's claim has been disputed because of failings in his navigational ability.
  • April 27 » Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
  • June 26 » The Science Museum in London comes into existence as an independent entity.
  • December 4 » In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
  • December 10 » Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Day of death June 10, 1919

• The temperature on June 10, 1919 was between 10.0 °C and 21.7 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 13.8 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
  • February 17 » The Ukrainian People's Republic asks Entente and the US for help fighting the Bolsheviks.
  • February 21 » German socialist Kurt Eisner is assassinated. His death results in the establishment of the Bavarian Soviet Republic and parliament and government fleeing Munich, Germany.
  • March 1 » March 1st Movement begins in Korea under Japanese rule.
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1909 » Edward Everett Hale, American minister, historian, and author (b. 1822)
• 1914 » Ödön Lechner, Hungarian architect (b. 1845)
• 1918 » Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (b. 1842)
• 1923 » Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (b. 1850)
• 1924 » Giacomo Matteotti, Italian lawyer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1926 » Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (b. 1852)