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Day of marriage April 29, 1932

• The temperature on April 29, 1932 was between 10.8 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 4.6 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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.
  • February 4 » Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan.
  • May 20 » Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • July 29 » Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
  • September 7 » The Battle of Boquerón, the first major battle of the Chaco War, commences.
  • September 10 » The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.

Day of death February 28, 1992

• The temperature on February 28, 1992 was between 2.1 °C and 12.7 °C and averaged 6.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (71%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 1992: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.1 million citizens.
  • January 22 » Space Shuttle program: the space shuttle Discovery launches on STS-42 carrying Dr. Roberta Bondar, who becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
  • April 17 » The Katina P is deliberately run aground off of Maputo, Mozambique and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean.
  • April 27 » The Russian Federation and 12 other former Soviet republics become members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
  • September 25 » NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion.
  • October 17 » Having gone to the wrong house, Japanese student Yoshihiro Hattori is killed by the homeowner in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
  • November 11 » The General Synod of the Church of England votes to allow women to become priests.

Source: Wikipedia

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