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Day of marriage January 27, 1934

• The temperature on January 27, 1934 was between 0.9 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 3.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (3%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • January 26 » The Apollo Theater reopens in Harlem, New York City.
  • April 12 » The U.S. Auto-Lite strike begins, culminating in a five-day melee between Ohio National Guard troops and 6,000 strikers and picketers.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • June 26 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Federal Credit Union Act, which establishes credit unions.
  • September 21 » A large typhoon hits western Honshū, Japan, killing more than three thousand people.
  • September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.

Day of death August 16, 1978

• The temperature on August 16, 1978 was between 12.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 2.7 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 7.0 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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)
• 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 1978: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.9 million citizens.
  • February 6 » The Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65mph and snowfall of four inches an hour.
  • March 28 » The US Supreme Court hands down 5–3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman, a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.
  • April 27 » Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
  • April 28 » President of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, is overthrown and assassinated in a coup led by pro-communist rebels.
  • August 22 » The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FLSN) occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
  • August 26 » Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1972 » Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 » Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 » Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 » Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 » John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)