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Historical events

Birthday April 10, 1938

  • The temperature on April 10, 1938 was between -0.8 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 5.2 °C. There was 11.2 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
    • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
    • March 18 » Mexico creates Pemex by expropriating all foreign-owned oil reserves and facilities.
    • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
    • September 5 » Chile: A group of youths affiliated with the fascist National Socialist Movement of Chile are executed after surrendering during a failed coup.
    • November 1 » Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
    • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

Day of death August 30, 1983

  • The temperature on August 30, 1983 was between 10.5 °C and 26.0 °C and averaged 17.7 °C. There was 11.9 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • January 18 » The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
    • March 2 » Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
    • May 20 » First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
    • July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
    • September 1 » Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
    • September 17 » Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.

Day of burial September 3, 1983

  • The temperature on September 3, 1983 was between 13.4 °C and 18.0 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 6.2 mm of rain during 5.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
    • July 7 » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a US schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
    • July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
    • July 22 » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
    • September 19 » Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
    • September 23 » Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
    • September 27 » Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia

  • 1936 » Bobby Smith, American singer († 2013)
  • 1936 » John Howell, English long jumper
  • 1936 » John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1937 » Bella Akhmadulina, Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer, and translator († 2010)
  • 1938 » Don Meredith, American football player and sportscaster († 2010)
  • 1939 » Claudio Magris, Italian scholar, author, and translator

Source: Wikipedia


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