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Day of marriage March 31, 1917

• The temperature on March 31, 1917 was between 0.7 °C and 8.6 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 6.5 mm of rain. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 21 » The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
  • July 28 » The Silent Parade took place in New York City, in protest to murders, lynchings, and other violence directed towards African Americans.
  • July 31 » World War I: The Battle of Passchendaele begins near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium.
  • August 18 » A Great Fire in Thessaloniki, Greece destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
  • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.

Day of death November 8, 1977

• The temperature on November 8, 1977 was between 10.1 °C and 13.2 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (7%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 Netherlands , there was from Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1977: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.8 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burns down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries.
  • July 13 » New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting.
  • July 19 » The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2 (NTS-2) and received at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at 12:41a.m. Eastern time (ET).
  • July 20 » The Johnstown flood of 1977 kills 84 people and causes millions of dollars in damages.
  • July 24 » End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
  • October 14 » Anita Bryant gets a pie thrown in her face at a news conference in Des Moines by gay rights activist Tom Higgins for her anti-LGBT commentary.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1973 » Faruk Nafiz Çamlıbel, Turkish poet, author, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1974 » Ivory Joe Hunter, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1914)
• 1975 » Jaime Montestrela, Portuguese-French poet and author (b. 1925)
• 1977 » Bucky Harris, American baseball player and manager (b. 1896)
• 1977 » Tasos Giannopoulos, Greek actor and producer (b. 1931)
• 1978 » Norman Rockwell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1894)