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Day of marriage January 15, 1920

• The temperature on January 15, 1920 was between 0.7 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.6 °C. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • January 13 » The Reichstag Bloodbath of January 13, 1920, the bloodiest demonstration in German history.
  • April 15 » Two security guards are murdered during a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti would be convicted of and executed for the crime, amid much controversy.
  • April 28 » Azerbaijan is added to the Soviet Union.
  • July 29 » Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
  • December 19 » King Constantine I is restored as King of the Hellenes after the death of his son Alexander of Greece and a plebiscite.

Day of death October 13, 1991

• The temperature on October 13, 1991 was between 10.8 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 12.6 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
  • April 9 » Georgia declares independence from the Soviet Union.
  • August 21 » Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
  • September 8 » The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
  • September 28 » The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.
  • October 4 » The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty is opened for signature.

Day of burial October 16, 1991

• The temperature on October 16, 1991 was between 10.3 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (10%). 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 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Persian Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of American military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
  • February 20 » In the Albanian capital Tirana, a gigantic statue of Albania's long-time leader, Enver Hoxha, is brought down by mobs of angry protesters.
  • February 24 » Gulf War: Ground troops cross the Saudi Arabian border and enter Iraq, thus beginning the ground phase of the war.
  • August 6 » Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
  • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  • September 28 » The Strategic Air Command stands down from alert all ICBMs scheduled for deactivation under START I, as well as its strategic bomber force.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1987 » Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
• 1987 » Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
• 1990 » Hans Namuth, German-American photographer (b. 1915)
• 1990 » Lê Đức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1992 » James Marshall, American author and illustrator (b. 1942)
• 1993 » Otmar Gutmann, Founder of The Pygos Group and creator of Pingu (b. 1937)