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Day of marriage May 12, 1898

• The temperature on May 12, 1898 was about 8.2 °C. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 96%. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
  • February 27 » King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
  • April 21 » Spanish–American War: The United States Navy begins a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.
  • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
  • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
  • September 18 » The Fashoda Incident triggers the last war scare between Britain and France.
  • November 5 » Negrese nationalists revolt against Spanish rule and establish the short-lived Republic of Negros.

Day of death December 24, 1953

• The temperature on December 24, 1953 was between 2.5 °C and 7.4 °C and averaged 5.8 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 3.5 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1953: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
  • April 8 » Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by British Kenya's rulers.
  • May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
  • June 18 » The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
  • November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
  • December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
  • December 10 » British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Josephine Sabel, American singer and comedian (b. 1866)
• 1947 » Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
• 1957 » Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1894)
• 1961 » Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)
• 1962 » Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890)
• 1962 » Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician (b. 1896)