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Day of marriage October 5, 1918

• The temperature on October 5, 1918 was between 2.1 °C and 11.6 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 3.7 mm of rain. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). 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 Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1918: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.6 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Russia signs the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, agreeing to withdraw from World War I, and conceding German control of the Baltic States, Belarus and Ukraine. It also conceded Turkish control of Ardahan, Kars and Batumi.
  • March 21 » World War I: The first phase of the German Spring Offensive, Operation Michael, begins.
  • August 8 » World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
  • October 3 » King Boris III of Bulgaria accedes to the throne.
  • November 25 » Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
  • December 14 » The 1918 United Kingdom general election occurs, the first where women were permitted to vote.

Day of death May 18, 1986

• The temperature on May 18, 1986 was between 8.2 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 14.7 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1986: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 11 » The Gateway Bridge, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia is officially opened.
  • January 19 » The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter unauthorized copying of the software they had written.
  • March 24 » The Loscoe gas explosion leads to new UK laws on landfill gas migration and gas protection on landfill sites.
  • April 26 » A nuclear reactor accident occurs at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in the Soviet Union, creating the world's worst nuclear disaster.
  • September 5 » Pan Am Flight 73 from Mumbai, India with 358 people on board is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
  • September 23 » Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » Victims of Mount St. Helens eruption:
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• 1981 » William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (b. 1908)
• 1987 » Mahdi Amel, Lebanese journalist, poet, and academic (b. 1936)
• 1989 » Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
• 1990 » Jill Ireland, English actress (b. 1936)