West-Europese adel » Felix Maria Vincent "Felix" Prins van Bourbon-Parma (1893-1970)

Day of marriage November 6, 1919

• The temperature on November 6, 1919 was between -1.1 °C and 1.4 °C and averaged 0.5 °C. There was 3.8 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 » Ignacy Jan Paderewski becomes Prime Minister of the newly independent Poland.
  • January 21 » A revolutionary Irish parliament is founded and declares the independence of the Irish Republic. One of the first engagements of the Irish War of Independence takes place.
  • May 15 » Greek occupation of Smyrna. During the occupation, the Greek army kills or wounds 350 Turks; those responsible are punished by Greek commander Aristides Stergiades.
  • June 7 » Sette Giugno: Nationalist riots break out in Valletta, the capital of Malta. British soldiers fire into the crowd, killing four people.
  • August 11 » Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.
  • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.

Day of death April 8, 1970

• The temperature on April 8, 1970 was between -2.3 °C and 6.6 °C and averaged 1.5 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 April 5, 1967 to Tuesday, July 6, 1971 the cabinet De Jong, with P.J.S. de Jong (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1970: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.0 million citizens.
  • April 1 » The first of over 670,000 AMC Gremlins are released into North America to compete with foreign imported cars.
  • May 4 » Vietnam War: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city of Kent the weekend before, opens fire killing four unarmed students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the Cambodian Campaign of the United States and South Vietnam.
  • July 21 » After 11 years of construction, the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed.
  • August 23 » Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
  • September 19 » Michael Eavis hosts the first Glastonbury Festival.
  • November 17 » Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley goes on trial for the My Lai Massacre.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Joseph Carrodus, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Juan Belmonte, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1892)
• 1965 » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1969 » Zinaida Aksentyeva, Ukrainian astronomer (b. 1900)
• 1973 » Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1881)
• 1974 » James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)