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Day of marriage April 29, 1923

• The temperature on April 29, 1923 was between 4.0 °C and 10.6 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1923: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMS.
  • March 3 » TIME magazine is published for the first time.
  • April 15 » Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
  • September 12 » Southern Rhodesia, today called Zimbabwe, is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • September 29 » The First American Track & Field championships for women are held.
  • September 29 » The French Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon takes effect.

Day of death February 4, 1978

• The temperature on February 4, 1978 was between 0.4 °C and 3.3 °C and averaged 1.3 °C. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 2 » On the orders of the President of Pakistan, Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, paramilitary forces opened fire on peaceful protesting workers in Multan, Pakistan; it is known as 1978 massacre at Multan Colony Textile Mills.
  • January 24 » Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
  • March 11 » Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
  • July 30 » The 730: Okinawa Prefecture changes its traffic on the right-hand side of the road to the left-hand side.
  • September 7 » While walking across Waterloo Bridge in London, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov is assassinated by Bulgarian secret police agent Francesco Gullino by means of a ricin pellet fired from a specially-designed umbrella.
  • December 10 » Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Day of cremation February 8, 1978

• The temperature on February 8, 1978 was between -4.2 °C and -0.4 °C and averaged -2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • January 19 » The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
  • February 16 » The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).
  • March 14 » The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
  • March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
  • September 8 » Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 700–3000 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
  • November 18 » In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder–suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1970 » Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (b. 1897)
• 1974 » Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist, mathematician, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1975 » Louis Jordan, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Alex Harvey, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1935)
• 1982 » Georg Konrad Morgen, German lawyer and judge (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Karen Carpenter, American singer (b. 1950)