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Day of marriage August 18, 1917

• The temperature on August 18, 1917 was between 12.1 °C and 23.8 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 7.5 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 4 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.
  • April 2 » World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • July 6 » World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt.
  • October 13 » The "Miracle of the Sun" is witnessed by an estimated 70,000 people in the Cova da Iria in Portugal.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
  • December 18 » The resolution containing the language of the Eighteenth Amendment to enact Prohibition is passed by the United States Congress.

Day of death July 21, 1979

• The temperature on July 21, 1979 was between 9.9 °C and 17.6 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 9.2 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 1979: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.0 million citizens.
  • January 30 » A Varig Boeing 707-323C freighter, flown by the same commander as Flight 820, disappears over the Pacific Ocean 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
  • July 25 » In accord with the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty, Israel begins its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula.
  • September 16 » The Sugarhill Gang were formed and rappers delight was released.
  • November 20 » Grand Mosque seizure: About 200 Sunni Muslims revolt in Saudi Arabia at the site of the Kaaba in Mecca during the pilgrimage and take about 6000 hostages. The Saudi government receives help from Pakistani special forces to put down the uprising.
  • December 10 » Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
  • December 21 » Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)
• 1982 » Dave Garroway, American journalist and actor (b. 1913)