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Day of marriage May 31, 1913

• The temperature on May 31, 1913 was between 7.3 °C and 15.8 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
  • February 19 » Pedro Lascuráin becomes President of Mexico for 45 minutes; this is the shortest term to date of any person as president of any country.
  • March 3 » Thousands of women march in the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.
  • March 21 » Over 360 are killed and 20,000 homes destroyed in the Great Dayton Flood in Dayton, Ohio.
  • April 8 » The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law.
  • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
  • December 21 » Arthur Wynne's "word-cross", the first crossword puzzle, is published in the New York World.

Day of death February 7, 1971

• The temperature on February 7, 1971 was between 2.8 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 5.0 °C. There was 1.0 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet Biesheuvel I, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1971: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
  • February 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
  • May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
  • July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
  • December 4 » The PNS Ghazi, a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971.
  • December 16 » Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The ceasefire of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1960 » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist and academic (b. 1903)
• 1963 » Learco Guerra, Italian cyclist and manager (b. 1902)
• 1964 » Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1894)
• 1968 » Nick Adams, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Walter Lang, American director and screenwriter (b. 1896)
• 1979 » Josef Mengele, German SS officer and physician (b. 1911)