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Day of marriage January 1, 1932

• The temperature on January 1, 1932 was between -6.4 °C and 1.3 °C and averaged -2.4 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The United States Post Office Department issues a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth.
  • February 18 » The Empire of Japan creates the independent state of Manzhouguo (the obsolete Chinese name for Manchuria) free from the Republic of China and installed former Chinese Emperor Aisin Gioro Puyi as Chief Executive of the State.
  • September 24 » Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
  • October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Day of death February 23, 2004

• The temperature on February 23, 2004 was between -3.3 °C and 6.4 °C and averaged 0.8 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.5 hours of sunshine (72%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-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 Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2004: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.3 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Hajj pilgrimage stampede: In a stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, 251 people are trampled to death and 244 injured.
  • February 18 » Up to 295 people, including nearly 200 rescue workers, die near Nishapur, Iran, when a runaway freight train carrying sulfur, petrol and fertilizer catches fire and explodes.
  • June 8 » The first Venus Transit in well over a century takes place, the previous one being in 1882.
  • August 24 » 90 passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya.
  • September 8 » NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
  • November 26 » The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Howie Epstein, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955)
• 2003 » Robert K. Merton, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 2004 » Sikander Bakht, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1918)
• 2004 » Vijay Anand, Indian director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1934)
• 2006 » Telmo Zarra, Spanish footballer (b. 1921)
• 2007 » John Ritchie, English footballer (b. 1941)