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Day of marriage April 28, 1922

• The temperature on April 28, 1922 was between 1.6 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain. There was 3.5 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. 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 Netherlands , there was from September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1922: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.0 million citizens.
  • March 10 » Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
  • March 15 » After Egypt gains nominal independence from the United Kingdom, Fuad I becomes King of Egypt.
  • July 1 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1922 begins in the United States.
  • October 18 » The British Broadcasting Company (later Corporation) is founded by a consortium, to establish a nationwide network of radio transmitters to provide a national broadcasting service.
  • October 31 » Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy
  • November 15 » At least 300 are massacred during a general strike in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Day of death October 23, 1980

• The temperature on October 23, 1980 was between 9.9 °C and 13.9 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.5 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 2.7 hours of sunshine (26%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • March 3 » The USSNautilus is decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.
  • April 24 » Eight U.S. servicemen die in Operation Eagle Claw as they attempt to end the Iran hostage crisis.
  • May 5 » Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service storms the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege.
  • May 17 » General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seizes control of the government and declares martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations.
  • October 9 » Pope John Paul II greets the Dalai Lama during a private audience in Vatican City.
  • October 29 » Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1978 » Maybelle Carter, American singer and autoharp player (Carter Family) (b. 1909)
• 1983 » Jessica Savitch, American journalist (b. 1947)
• 1984 » Oskar Werner, Austrian-German actor (b. 1922)
• 1986 » Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
• 1988 » Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (b. 1929)
• 1989 » Armida, Mexican-American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911)