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Day of marriage April 26, 1918

• The temperature on April 26, 1918 was between 5.8 °C and 12.4 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 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 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • January 24 » The Gregorian calendar is introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14 (New Style).
  • April 23 » World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.
  • May 16 » The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later.
  • July 6 » The Left SR uprising in Russia starts with the assassination of German ambassador Wilhelm von Mirbach by Cheka members.
  • October 30 » World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
  • November 3 » The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

Day of death December 25, 1962

• The temperature on December 25, 1962 was between -6.9 °C and -3.2 °C and averaged -4.6 °C. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 1962: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.7 million citizens.
  • January 11 » Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 is destroyed when fire breaks out in its torpedo compartment.
  • June 11 » Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
  • July 17 » Nuclear weapons testing: The "Small Boy" test shot Little Feller I becomes the last atmospheric test detonation at the Nevada National Security Site.
  • August 22 » The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
  • October 9 » A visible light-emitting diode (LED) is first demonstrated in Syracuse, New York.
  • December 14 » NASA's Mariner 2 becomes the first spacecraft to fly by Venus.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1956 » Robert Walser, Swiss author and playwright (b. 1878)
• 1957 » Charles Pathé, French record producer, founded Pathé Records (b. 1863)
• 1961 » Otto Loewi, German-American pharmacologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
• 1961 » Owen Brewster, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 54th Governor of Maine (b. 1888)
• 1963 » Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet, playwright, painter, and critic (b. 1896)
• 1970 » Michael Peto, Hungarian-English photographer and journalist (b. 1908)