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Day of marriage July 12, 1921

• The temperature on July 12, 1921 was between 11.8 °C and 24.2 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 13.7 hours of sunshine (83%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-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 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 1921: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
  • February 27 » The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
  • March 1 » The Australian cricket team captained by Warwick Armstrong becomes the first team to complete a whitewash of The Ashes, something that would not be repeated for 86 years.
  • August 23 » British airship R-38 experiences structural failure over Hull in England and crashes in the Humber Estuary. Of her 49 British and American training crew, only four survive.
  • September 11 » Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan of creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
  • November 11 » The Tomb of the Unknowns is dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery.
  • December 6 » The Anglo-Irish Treaty is signed in London by British and Irish representatives.

Day of death August 13, 1983

• The temperature on August 13, 1983 was between 12.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.4 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1983: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • February 8 » The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
  • May 20 » First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
  • May 26 » The 7.8 M_w  Sea of Japan earthquake shakes northern Honshu with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
  • June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
  • July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
  • August 18 » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).

Source: Wikipedia

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