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Day of marriage July 4, 1919

• The temperature on July 4, 1919 was between 6.2 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (45%). 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 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 5 » The German Workers' Party, which would become the Nazi Party, is founded in Munich.
  • May 8 » Edward George Honey proposes the idea of a moment of silence to commemorate the Armistice of 11 November 1918 which ended World War I.
  • July 11 » The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
  • October 9 » The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series, resulting in the Black Sox Scandal.
  • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)
  • December 21 » American anarchist Emma Goldman is deported to Russia.

Day of death March 2, 1988

• The temperature on March 2, 1988 was between -1.8 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 4.3 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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 year 1988: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.7 million citizens.
  • May 9 » New Parliament House, Canberra officially opens.
  • May 14 » Carrollton bus collision: A drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 near Carrollton, Kentucky hits a converted school bus carrying a church youth group. Twenty-seven die in the crash and ensuing fire.
  • July 8 » The Island Express train travelling from Bangalore to Kanyakumari derails on the Peruman bridge and falls into Ashtamudi Lake, killing 105 passengers and injuring over 200 more.
  • August 8 » The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field (game was rained out in the fourth inning).
  • October 19 » The British government imposes a broadcasting ban on television and radio interviews with members of Sinn Féin and eleven Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups.
  • December 21 » The first flight of Antonov An-225 Mriya, the largest aircraft in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (b. 1935)
• 1987 » Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 » Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)