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Day of marriage September 7, 1925

• The temperature on September 7, 1925 was between 9.4 °C and 16.4 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain. There was 1.4 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 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 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 year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 5 » Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming becomes the first female governor in the United States.
  • February 28 » The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
  • May 25 » Scopes Trial: John T. Scopes is indicted for teaching human evolution in Tennessee.
  • May 30 » May Thirtieth Movement: Shanghai Municipal Police Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
  • July 10 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called "Monkey Trial" begins of John T. Scopes, a young high school science teacher accused of teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • July 21 » Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.

Day of death December 28, 1982

• The temperature on December 28, 1982 was between 2.0 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 5.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1982: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
  • January 8 » Breakup of the Bell System: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
  • January 13 » Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
  • May 30 » Cold War: Spain joins NATO.
  • June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
  • November 13 » Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
  • December 13 » The 6.0 M_s  North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1981 » Allan Dwan, Canadian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1983 » Dennis Wilson, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1944)
• 1983 » William Demarest, American actor (b. 1892)
• 1984 » Mary Stewart, Baroness Stewart of Alvechurch, British politician and educator (b. 1903)
• 1984 » Sam Peckinpah, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
• 1986 » John D. MacDonald, American colonel and author (b. 1916)