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Day of marriage September 7, 1921

• The temperature on September 7, 1921 was between 5.5 °C and 26.8 °C and averaged 16.5 °C. There was 11.4 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. 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.
  • June 15 » Bessie Coleman earns her pilot's license, becoming the first female pilot of African-American descent.
  • June 30 » U.S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the United States.
  • July 11 » Former president of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices.
  • September 7 » In Atlantic City, New Jersey, the first Miss America Pageant, a two-day event, is held.
  • September 7 » The Legion of Mary, the largest apostolic organization of lay people in the Catholic Church, is founded in Dublin, Ireland.
  • 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.

Day of death May 4, 1985

• The temperature on May 4, 1985 was between 5.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 1.5 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-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 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • March 3 » Arthur Scargill declares that the National Union of Mineworkers' national executive voted to end the longest-running industrial dispute in Great Britain without any peace deal over pit closures.
  • March 31 » The first WrestleMania, the biggest wrestling event from the WWE (then the WWF), takes place in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
  • May 5 » Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.
  • August 2 » Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • October 3 » The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Nino Sanzogno, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1911)
• 1984 » Diana Dors, English actress (b. 1931)
• 1985 » Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)
• 1985 » Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (b. 1938)
• 1987 » Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930)
• 1987 » Paul Butterfield, American singer and harmonica player (b. 1942)