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Day of marriage April 15, 1916

• The temperature on April 15, 1916 was between 1.9 °C and 9.2 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1916: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.4 million citizens.
  • April 24 » Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
  • June 5 » World War I: The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire breaks out.
  • July 15 » In Seattle, Washington, William Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt incorporate Pacific Aero Products (later renamed Boeing).
  • November 5 » The Everett massacre takes place in Everett, Washington as political differences lead to a shoot-out between the Industrial Workers of the World organizers and local police.
  • November 7 » Boston Elevated Railway Company's streetcar No. 393 smashes through the warning gates of the open Summer Street drawbridge in Boston, Massachusetts, plunging into the frigid waters of Fort Point Channel, killing 46 people.
  • November 18 » World War I: First Battle of the Somme: In France, British Expeditionary Force commander Douglas Haig calls off the battle which started on July 1, 1916.

Day of death April 6, 1926

• The temperature on April 6, 1926 was between 3.5 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (47%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-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 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuỵ ascends the throne to become the last monarch of Vietnam.
  • January 26 » The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • July 23 » Fox Film buys the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
  • October 14 » The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A. A. Milne, is first published.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1906 » Alexander Kielland, Norwegian author, playwright, and politician, 6th County Governor of Møre og Romsdal (b. 1849)
• 1913 » Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore (b. 1835)
• 1923 » Kabalega, King of Bunyoro (b.1853)
• 1927 » Florence Earle Coates, American poet (b. 1850)
• 1935 » Edwin Arlington Robinson, American poet and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1944 » Rose O'Neill, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer (b. 1874)