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Day of marriage August 26, 1934

• The temperature on August 26, 1934 was between 11.3 °C and 22.0 °C and averaged 16.7 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 11.7 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • March 26 » The United Kingdom driving test is introduced.
  • June 30 » The Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, takes place.
  • July 5 » "Bloody Thursday": Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
  • September 22 » The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers.
  • December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Day of death November 27, 2001

• The temperature on November 27, 2001 was between -1.0 °C and 8.0 °C and averaged 3.8 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 5.6 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2001: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.0 million citizens.
  • February 18 » Sampit conflict: Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese breaks out in Sampit, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, ultimately resulting in more than 500 deaths and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
  • April 16 » India and Bangladesh begin a five-day border conflict, but are unable to resolve the disputes about their border.
  • September 14 » Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
  • October 8 » U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
  • November 27 » A hydrogen atmosphere is discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet.
  • December 12 » Prime Minister of Vietnam Phan Văn Khải announces the decision on upgrading the Phong Nha–Kẻ Bàng nature reserve to a national park, providing information on projects for the conservation and development of the park and revised maps.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1999 » Yasuhiro Kojima, Japanese-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1937)
• 2000 » Len Shackleton, English footballer and journalist (b. 1922)
• 2000 » Malcolm Bradbury, English author and academic (b. 1932)
• 2000 » Uno Prii, Estonian-Canadian architect (b. 1924)
• 2002 » Billie Bird, American actress (b. 1908)
• 2002 » Shivmangal Singh Suman, Indian poet and academic (b. 1915)