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Day of marriage November 8, 1919

• The temperature on November 8, 1919 was between -1.1 °C and 2.3 °C and averaged 0.6 °C. There was 3.1 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east. 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 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 1919: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
  • January 18 » World War I: The Paris Peace Conference opens in Versailles, France.
  • January 31 » The Battle of George Square takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, during a campaign for shorter working hours.
  • February 26 » President Woodrow Wilson signs an act of Congress establishing the Grand Canyon National Park.
  • July 6 » The British dirigible R34 lands in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship.
  • July 23 » Prince Regent Aleksander Karađorđević signs the decree establishing the University of Ljubljana
  • October 28 » The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Wilson's veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.

Day of death March 20, 1945

• The temperature on March 20, 1945 was between 5.5 °C and 12.3 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (64%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
• In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
  • February 4 » World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
  • March 11 » World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • May 3 » World War II: Sinking of the prison ships Cap Arcona, Thielbek and Deutschland by the Royal Air Force in Lübeck Bay.
  • May 6 » World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
  • July 26 » World War II: HMSVestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the war.
  • September 15 » A hurricane strikes southern Florida and the Bahamas, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at Naval Air Station Richmond.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1933 » Giuseppe Zangara, Italian-American assassin of Anton Cermak (b. 1900; executed)
• 1940 » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 1945 » Dorothy Campbell, Scottish-American golfer (b. 1883)
• 1946 » Amadeus William Grabau, American-Chinese geologist, paleontologist, and academic (b. 1870)
• 1947 » Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (b. 1884)
• 1952 » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)