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Day of marriage June 10, 1908

• The temperature on June 10, 1908 was between 10.0 °C and 21.3 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain. There was 4.8 hours of sunshine (29%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1908: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.7 million citizens.
  • January 21 » New York City passes the Sullivan Ordinance, making it illegal for women to smoke in public, only to have the measure vetoed by the mayor.
  • April 1 » The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
  • August 17 » Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
  • September 16 » The General Motors Corporation is founded.
  • September 17 » The Wright Flyer flown by Orville Wright, with Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge as passenger, crashes, killing Selfridge, who becomes the first airplane fatality.
  • December 28 » The 7.1 M_w  Messina earthquake shakes Southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 75,000 and 200,000.

Day of death May 19, 1944

• The temperature on May 19, 1944 was between 0.9 °C and 16.1 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain. There was 8.9 hours of sunshine (56%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 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.
  • January 5 » The Daily Mail becomes the first major London newspaper to be published on both sides of the Atlantic.
  • February 23 » The Soviet Union begins the forced deportation of the Chechen and Ingush people from the North Caucasus to Central Asia.
  • July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
  • July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
  • July 26 » World War II: The Red Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
  • December 30 » King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1936 » Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall, British Islamic scholar (b. 1875)
• 1939 » Ahmet Ağaoğlu, Azerbaijani-Turkish journalist and publicist (b. 1869)
• 1943 » Kristjan Raud, Estonian painter and illustrator (b. 1865)
• 1945 » Philipp Bouhler, German soldier and politician (b. 1889)
• 1946 » Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (b. 1869)
• 1950 » Daniel Ciugureanu, Romanian physician and politician, Prime Minister of Moldova (b. 1884)