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Day of marriage September 24, 1914

• The temperature on September 24, 1914 was between 3.9 °C and 19.5 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 9.8 hours of sunshine (81%). 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 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 1 » The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
  • August 4 » In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
  • August 15 » The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SSAncon.
  • August 20 » World War I: Brussels is captured during the German invasion of Belgium.
  • November 1 » World War I: The first British Royal Navy defeat of the war with Germany, the Battle of Coronel, is fought off of the western coast of Chile, in the Pacific, with the loss of HMSGood Hope and HMSMonmouth.
  • November 26 » HMS Bulwark was destroyed by a large internal explosion with the loss of 741 men near Sheerness.

Day of death March 24, 1976

• The temperature on March 24, 1976 was between -4.0 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 1.0 °C. There was 1.3 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 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 1976: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
  • February 6 » In testimony before a United States Senate subcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admits that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka.
  • July 19 » Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
  • August 7 » Viking program: Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars.
  • November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
  • November 26 » "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Alice Guy-Blaché, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1873)
• 1971 » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (b. 1902)
• 1971 » Arthur Metcalfe, Australian public servant (b. 1895)
• 1976 » Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, English field marshal (b. 1887)
• 1978 » Park Mok-wol, influential Korean poet and academic (b. 1916)
• 1980 » Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1917)