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Day of marriage May 15, 1915

• The temperature on May 15, 1915 was between 0.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (82%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 1915: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.3 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The 6.7 M_w  Avezzano earthquake shakes the Province of L'Aquila in Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 29,978–32,610.
  • April 25 » World War I: The Battle of Gallipoli begins: The invasion of the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula by British, French, Indian, Newfoundland, Australian and New Zealand troops, begins with landings at Anzac Cove and Cape Helles.
  • May 24 » World War I: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary, joining the conflict on the side of the Allies.
  • July 5 » The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
  • July 24 » The passenger ship SSEastland capsizes while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew are killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
  • October 14 » World War I: Bulgaria joins the Central Powers.

Day of death May 19, 1973

• The temperature on May 19, 1973 was between 8.0 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
  • April 19 » The Portuguese Socialist Party is founded in the German town of Bad Münstereifel.
  • April 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, have resigned.
  • May 31 » The United States Senate votes to cut off funding for the bombing of Khmer Rouge targets within Cambodia, hastening the end of the Cambodian Civil War.
  • June 20 » Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people on board.
  • July 31 » A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston, Massachusetts killing 89.
  • September 20 » Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes tennis match at the Houston Astrodome.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1963 » Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (b. 1871)
• 1969 » Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (b. 1901)
• 1971 » Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• 1978 » Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Joseph Schull, Canadian playwright and historian (b. 1906)
• 1983 » Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)