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Day of marriage May 9, 1914

• The temperature on May 9, 1914 was between 5.0 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 8.3 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • August 15 » A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
  • August 15 » World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • October 5 » World War I: An aircraft successfully destroys another aircraft with gunfire.
  • November 7 » The German colony of Kiaochow Bay and its centre at Tsingtao are captured by Japanese forces.

Day of death February 23, 1961

• The temperature on February 23, 1961 was between 1.0 °C and 9.8 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 3.3 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 5.2 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1961: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
  • January 8 » In France a referendum supports Charles de Gaulle's policies in Algeria.
  • January 25 » 101 Dalmatians premiered from Walt Disney Productions.
  • January 25 » In Washington, D.C., President John F. Kennedy delivers the first live presidential television news conference.
  • July 23 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front is founded in Nicaragua.
  • August 11 » The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
  • October 29 » Syria exits from the United Arab Republic.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1948 » John Robert Gregg, Irish-American publisher and educator (b. 1866)
• 1955 » Paul Claudel, French poet and playwright (b. 1868)
• 1965 » Stan Laurel, English actor and comedian (b. 1890)
• 1969 » Madhubala, Indian actress and producer (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, 2nd King of Saudi Arabia (b. 1902)
• 1973 » Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)