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Day of marriage June 9, 1917

• The temperature on June 9, 1917 was between 15.1 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 13 » Three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal.
  • May 18 » World War I: The Selective Service Act of 1917 is passed, giving the President of the United States the power of conscription.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • October 24 » First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.
  • November 2 » The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" with the clear understanding "that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities".
  • December 6 » World War I: USSJacob Jones is the first American destroyer to be sunk by enemy action when it is torpedoed by German submarine SMU-53.

Day of death August 10, 1988

• The temperature on August 10, 1988 was between 15.9 °C and 26.1 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was 11.5 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • March 17 » A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into a mountainside near the Venezuelan border killing 143.
  • April 18 » The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.
  • August 17 » President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
  • September 8 » Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
  • September 13 » Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
  • December 13 » PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat gives a speech at a UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, after United States authorities refused to grant him a visa to visit UN headquarters in New York.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (b. 1917)
• 1982 » Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (b. 1962)
• 1985 » Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (b. 1906)
• 1987 » Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893)
• 1991 » Lưu Trọng Lư, Vietnamese poet and playwright (b. 1912)
• 1993 » Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (b. 1968)