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Christening day April 12, 1874

• The temperature on April 12, 1874 was about 16.9 °C. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m² and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
• Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
• From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
• In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
  • March 18 » Hawaii signs a treaty with the United States granting exclusive trade rights.
  • May 27 » The first group of Dorsland trekkers under the leadership of Gert Alberts leaves Pretoria.
  • July 14 » The Chicago Fire of 1874 burns down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council.
  • August 5 » Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
  • October 9 » The Universal Postal Union is created by the Treaty of Bern.
  • November 7 » A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

Day of marriage May 17, 1901

• The temperature on May 17, 1901 was between 7.1 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 9.4 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (18%). 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, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1901: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton is appointed the first Prime Minister.
  • January 22 » Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
  • February 15 » The association football club Alianza Lima is founded in Lima, Peru, under the name Sport Alianza.
  • May 9 » Australia opens its first national parliament in Melbourne.
  • October 12 » President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the "Executive Mansion" to the White House.
  • December 3 » In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

Day of death July 20, 1955

• The temperature on July 20, 1955 was between 14.6 °C and 20.6 °C and averaged 17.4 °C. There was 12.2 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 1955: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.7 million citizens.
  • February 13 » Israel obtains four of the seven Dead Sea Scrolls.
  • February 18 » Operation Teapot: Teapot test shot "Wasp" is successfully detonated at the Nevada Test Site with a yield of 1.2 kilotons. Wasp is the first of fourteen shots in the Teapot series.
  • April 11 » The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
  • May 2 » Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
  • June 2 » The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.
  • July 27 » The Austrian State Treaty restores Austrian sovereignty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1951 » Abdullah I, king of Jordan (b. 1882)
• 1953 » Dumarsais Estimé, Haitian lawyer and politician, 33rd President of Haiti (b. 1900)
• 1953 » Jan Struther, English author and hymn-writer (b. 1901)
• 1955 » Calouste Gulbenkian, Armenian businessman and philanthropist (b. 1869)
• 1956 » James Alexander Calder, Canadian educator and politician, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence (b. 1868)
• 1959 » William D. Leahy, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (b. 1875)