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Day of marriage December 24, 1926

• The temperature on December 24, 1926 was between -3.5 °C and 0.9 °C and averaged -1.8 °C. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (84%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1926: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.4 million citizens.
  • March 14 » The El Virilla train accident, Costa Rica, kills 248 people and wounds another 93 when a train falls off a bridge over the Río Virilla between Heredia and Tibás.
  • April 24 » The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
  • May 12 » The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
  • June 28 » Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.
  • October 31 » Last issue of the independent Italian newspaper Il Mondo, thereafter suppressed by the Mussolini regime
  • November 15 » The NBC radio network opens with 24 stations.

Day of death January 16, 1991

• The temperature on January 16, 1991 was between -3.5 °C and 2.1 °C and averaged -1.3 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (92%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • February 15 » The Visegrád Agreement, establishing cooperation to move toward free-market systems, is signed by the leaders of Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland.
  • August 21 » Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.
  • August 22 » Iceland is the first nation in the world to recognize the independence of the Baltic states.
  • September 6 » The Russian parliament approves the name change of Leningrad back to Saint Petersburg. The change is effective October 1, 1991.
  • September 29 » A Haitian coup d'état occurs.
  • November 14 » Cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returns to Phnom Penh after thirteen years of exile.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist, author, and publisher (b. 1892)
• 1987 » Bertram Wainer, Australian physician and activist (b. 1928)
• 1988 » Andrija Artuković, Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, 1st Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (b. 1899)
• 1995 » Eric Mottram, English poet and critic (b. 1924)
• 1996 » Kaye Webb, English journalist and publisher (b. 1914)
• 1996 » Marcia Davenport, American author and critic (b. 1903)