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Day of marriage December 27, 1913

• The temperature on December 27, 1913 was between 2.1 °C and 7.1 °C and averaged 5.1 °C. There was 10.8 mm of rain. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
• 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 1913: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
  • February 2 » Grand Central Terminal is opened in New York City.
  • June 24 » Greece and Serbia annul their alliance with Bulgaria.
  • June 25 » American Civil War veterans begin arriving at the Great Reunion of 1913.
  • August 10 » Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
  • August 16 » Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
  • December 1 » Crete, having obtained self rule from Turkey after the First Balkan War, is annexed by Greece.

Day of death December 23, 1941

• The temperature on December 23, 1941 was between 2.8 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 0.4 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 September 3, 1940 to July 27, 1941 the cabinet Gerbrandy I, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1941: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.9 million citizens.
  • January 20 » A German officer is killed in Bucharest, Romania, sparking a rebellion and pogrom by the Iron Guard, killing 125 Jews and 30 soldiers.
  • June 27 » Romanian authorities launch one of the most violent pogroms in Jewish history in the city of Iași, resulting in the murder of at least 13,266 Jews.
  • August 31 » World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
  • October 31 » World War II: The destroyer USSReuben James is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 U.S. Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
  • December 9 » World War II: China, Cuba, Guatemala, and the Philippine Commonwealth declare war on Germany and Japan.
  • December 15 » The Holocaust in Ukraine: German troops murder over 15,000 Jews at Drobytsky Yar, a ravine southeast of the city of Kharkiv.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1939 » Anthony Fokker, Indonesia-born Dutch pilot and engineer, designed the Fokker Dr.I and Fokker D.VII (b. 1890)
• 1946 » John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (b. 1873)
• 1948 » Akira Mutō, Japanese general (b. 1883)
• 1948 » Heitarō Kimura, Japanese general (b. 1888)
• 1948 » Hideki Tojo, Japanese general and politician, 40th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1884)
• 1948 » Seishirō Itagaki, Japanese general (b. 1885)