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Day of marriage May 14, 1921

• The temperature on May 14, 1921 was between 8.5 °C and 25.0 °C and averaged 16.3 °C. There was 10.5 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
  • July 11 » A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect.
  • July 27 » Researchers at the University of Toronto, led by biochemist Frederick Banting, prove that the hormone insulin regulates blood sugar.
  • September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
  • October 19 » The Portuguese Prime Minister and several officials are murdered in the Bloody Night coup.
  • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Day of death February 29, 1960

• The temperature on February 29, 1960 was between 6.9 °C and 15.2 °C and averaged 11.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 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 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 9 » President of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser opens construction on the Aswan Dam by detonating ten tons of dynamite to demolish twenty tons of granite on the east bank of the Nile.
  • April 8 » The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
  • April 15 » At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
  • August 13 » The Central African Republic declares independence from France.
  • October 12 » Japan Socialist Party leader Inejiro Asanuma is stabbed to death during a live Television broadcast.
  • December 17 » Munich C-131 crash: Twenty passengers and crew on board as well as 32 people on the ground are killed.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (b. 1891)
• 1952 » Quo Tai-chi, Chinese politician and diplomat, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations (b. 1888)
• 1956 » Elpidio Quirino, Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (b. 1890)
• 1960 » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)
• 1964 » Frank Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1909)
• 1968 » Lena Blackburne, American baseball player, coach and manager (b. 1886)