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Day of marriage September 25, 1937

• The temperature on September 25, 1937 was between 6.3 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.6 hours. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• 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 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 23 » The trial of the anti-Soviet Trotskyist center sees seventeen mid-level Communists accused of sympathizing with Leon Trotsky and plotting to overthrow Joseph Stalin's regime.
  • June 3 » The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: End of the Battle of Brunete with the Nationalist victory.
  • August 1 » Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party) in woods near Samobor.
  • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
  • November 8 » The Nazi exhibition Der ewige Jude ("The Eternal Jew") opens in Munich.

Day of death July 8, 1989

• The temperature on July 8, 1989 was between 14.7 °C and 26.5 °C and averaged 20.0 °C. There was 4.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) 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 Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • May 20 » The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre.
  • June 4 » Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 575 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline.
  • July 19 » United Airlines Flight 232 crashes in Sioux City, Iowa killing 111.
  • November 10 » Longtime Bulgarian leader Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.
  • December 17 » The Simpsons premieres on television with the episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire".
  • December 29 » Czech writer, philosopher and dissident Václav Havel is elected the first post-communist President of Czechoslovakia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Skeeter Webb, American baseball player and manager (b. 1909)
• 1987 » Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet and author (b. 1896)
• 1987 » Lionel Chevrier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Ray Barbuti, American runner and football player (b. 1905)
• 1990 » Howard Duff, American actor (b. 1913)
• 1991 » James Franciscus, American actor (b. 1934)