In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
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Day of death September 28, 1957
The temperature on September 28, 1957 was between 11.8 °C and 15.6 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 1.1 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
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