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Day of marriage December 28, 1907

• The temperature on December 28, 1907 was between -7.1 °C and -2.7 °C and averaged -4.6 °C. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
  • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
  • August 1 » The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
  • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
  • October 22 » A run on the stock of the Knickerbocker Trust Company sets events in motion that will spark the Panic of 1907.
  • November 7 » Jesús García saves the entire town of Nacozari de García by driving a burning train full of dynamite six kilometers (3.7 miles) away before it can explode.
  • November 16 » Cunard Line's RMSMauretania, sister ship of RMSLusitania, sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.

Day of death March 7, 1944

• The temperature on March 7, 1944 was between -2.6 °C and 4.9 °C and averaged 1.4 °C. There was 3.6 hours of sunshine (32%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1944: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
  • June 26 » World War II: The Battle of Osuchy in Osuchy, Poland, one of the largest battles between Nazi Germany and Polish resistance forces, ends with the defeat of the latter.
  • August 5 » World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
  • August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
  • August 23 » Freckleton Air Disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.
  • October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
  • November 29 » World War II: Albania is liberated by the Partisans.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1934 » Ernst Enno, Estonian poet and author (b. 1875)
• 1938 » Andreas Michalakopoulos, Greek politician, 116th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 1947 » Lucy Parsons, American communist anarchist labor organizer (b. c 1853)
• 1949 » Bradbury Robinson, American football player, physician, and politician (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru and philosopher (b. 1893)
• 1954 » Otto Diels, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)