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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.
  • March 8 » International Women's Day protests in St. Petersburg mark the beginning of the February Revolution (February 23rd in the Julian calendar).
  • April 16 » Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
  • 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).
  • May 27 » Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the first comprehensive codification of Catholic canon law in the legal history of the Catholic Church.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 8 » The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.

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.
  • June 1 » The first black-led government of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 90 years takes power.
  • June 4 » Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings takes power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo is overthrown.
  • June 9 » The Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney, Australia, kills seven.
  • June 20 » ABC News correspondent Bill Stewart is shot dead by a Nicaraguan soldier under the regime of Anastasio Somoza Debayle. The murder is caught on tape and sparks an international outcry against the regime.
  • July 3 » U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul.
  • December 3 » In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.

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)