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Day of marriage August 22, 1922

• The temperature on August 22, 1922 was between 11.5 °C and 21.6 °C and averaged 16.4 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 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 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 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Dáil Éireann ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by a 64–57 vote.
  • February 28 » The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
  • March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
  • April 7 » The United States Secretary of the Interior leases federal petroleum reserves to private oil companies on excessively generous terms.
  • October 27 » A referendum in Rhodesia rejects the country's annexation to the South African Union.
  • December 8 » Northern Ireland ceases to be part of the Irish Free State.

Day of death September 14, 1965

• The temperature on September 14, 1965 was between 5.7 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 11.6 °C. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1965: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
  • February 19 » Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh.
  • March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
  • March 21 » Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
  • April 4 » The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
  • November 8 » The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom, except in cases of high treason, "piracy with violence" (piracy with intent to kill or cause grievous bodily harm), arson in royal dockyards and espionage, as well as other capital offences under military law. The death penalty would be abolished in all cases in 1998.
  • December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1961 » Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (b. 1885)
• 1962 » Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (b. 1879)
• 1965 » J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1966 » Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (b. 1895)
• 1966 » Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1966 » Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (b. 1881)