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Day of marriage July 20, 1918

• The temperature on July 20, 1918 was between 13.5 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 19.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain. There was 9.2 hours of sunshine (57%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 31 » Daylight saving time goes into effect in the United States for the first time.
  • April 20 » Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
  • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
  • August 2 » The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
  • August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
  • November 12 » Austria becomes a republic. After the proclamation, a coup attempt by the communist Red Guard is defeated by the social-democratic Volkswehr.

Day of death December 25, 1959

• The temperature on December 25, 1959 was between 3.7 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.5 °C. There was 4.2 mm of rain during 3.6 hours. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 December 22, 1957 to May 19, 1959 the cabinet Beel II, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
• 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 1959: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.3 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
  • June 30 » A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
  • July 24 » At the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev have a "Kitchen Debate".
  • July 29 » First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
  • September 27 » Typhoon Vera kills nearly 5,000 people in Japan.
  • November 2 » Quiz show scandals: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1953 » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
• 1956 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)
• 1961 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)