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Day of marriage March 4, 1937

• The temperature on March 4, 1937 was between -1.3 °C and 7.3 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (62%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 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.
  • March 21 » Ponce massacre: Nineteen people in Ponce, Puerto Rico are gunned down by police acting on orders of the US-appointed Governor, Blanton C. Winship.
  • April 12 » Sir Frank Whittle ground-tests the first jet engine designed to power an aircraft, at Rugby, England.
  • May 28 » Volkswagen, the German automobile manufacturer is founded.
  • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
  • July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
  • December 9 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanking: Japanese troops under the command of Lt. Gen. Asaka Yasuhiko launch an assault on the Chinese city of Nanjing (Nanking).

Day of death April 23, 1994

• The temperature on April 23, 1994 was between 6.7 °C and 22.6 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • April 7 » Rwandan genocide: Massacres of Tutsis begin in Kigali, Rwanda.
  • May 18 » Israeli troops finish withdrawing from the Gaza Strip, ceding the area to the Palestinian National Authority to govern.
  • June 13 » A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, blames recklessness by Exxon and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster, allowing victims of the oil spill to seek $15billion in damages.
  • August 23 » Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
  • September 28 » The cruise ferry MSEstonia sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people.
  • September 30 » Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service.

Day of burial April 27, 1994

• The temperature on April 27, 1994 was between 10.2 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 13.2 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
  • February 5 » Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
  • March 21 » The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change enters into force.
  • May 5 » The signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively freezes the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
  • June 23 » NASA's Space Station Processing Facility, a new state-of-the-art manufacturing building for the International Space Station, officially opens at Kennedy Space Center.
  • August 21 » Royal Air Maroc Flight 630 crashes in Douar Izounine, Morocco, killing all 44 people on board.
  • September 8 » USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1992 » Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1921)
• 1993 » Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (b. 1927)
• 1995 » Douglas Lloyd Campbell, Canadian farmer and politician, 13th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1895)
• 1995 » Howard Cosell, American lawyer and journalist (b. 1918)
• 1995 » John C. Stennis, American lawyer and politician (b. 1904)
• 1995 » Riho Lahi, Estonian journalist (b. 1904)