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Day of marriage April 9, 1914

• The temperature on April 9, 1914 was between 5.7 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (36%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 1914: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.2 million citizens.
  • May 15 » During a poker game at the Gaiety Theatre in Galesburg, Illinois, comedian Art Fisher nicknames Chicko, Harpo, Groucho, and Gummo Marx.
  • August 5 » World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SSPfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
  • August 6 » World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
  • August 28 » World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
  • August 30 » World War I: Germans defeat the Russians in the Battle of Tannenberg.
  • November 16 » The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

Day of death February 27, 1950

• The temperature on February 27, 1950 was between -3.2 °C and 5.7 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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)
• From August 7, 1948 till March 15, 1951 the Netherlands had a cabinet Drees - Van Schaik with the prime ministers Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) and Mr. J.R.H. van Schaik (KVP).
• In the year 1950: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.0 million citizens.
  • January 5 » In the Sverdlovsk air disaster, all 19 of those on board are killed, including almost the entire national ice hockey team (VVS Moscow) of the Soviet Air Force – 11 players, as well as a team doctor and a masseur.
  • June 28 » Korean War: Suspected communist sympathizers (between 60,000 to 200,000) are executed in the Bodo League massacre.
  • August 20 » Korean War: United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu.
  • September 3 » "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
  • November 17 » United Nations Security Council Resolution 89 relating to the Palestine Question is adopted.
  • November 19 » US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 1936 » Joshua W. Alexander, American judge and politician, 2nd United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1852)
• 1937 » Emily Malbone Morgan, American saint, foundress of the Society of the Companions of the Holy Cross (b. 1862)
• 1937 » Hosteen Klah, Navajo artist, medicine man, and weaver (b. 1867)
• 1943 » Kostis Palamas, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1859)
• 1956 » Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha (b. 1888)