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Day of marriage October 1, 1936

• The temperature on October 1, 1936 was between 8.7 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 11.4 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • May 9 » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • June 26 » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
  • August 19 » The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
  • August 30 » The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
  • November 2 » The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
  • December 10 » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.

Day of death September 26, 1999

• The temperature on September 26, 1999 was between 12.3 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was 1.4 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (28%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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 Monday, August 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1999: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.8 million citizens.
  • January 4 » Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States.
  • March 12 » Former Warsaw Pact members the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland join NATO.
  • July 1 » The Scottish Parliament is officially opened by Elizabeth II on the day that legislative powers are officially transferred from the old Scottish Office in London to the new devolved Scottish Executive in Edinburgh. In Wales, the powers of the Welsh Secretary are transferred to the National Assembly.
  • October 31 » EgyptAir Flight 990 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Nantucket, killing all 217 people on board.
  • November 11 » The House of Lords Act is given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage.
  • November 30 » British Aerospace and Marconi Electronic Systems merge to form BAE Systems, Europe's largest defense contractor and the fourth largest aerospace firm in the world.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1995 » Kalju Pitksaar, Estonian chess player (b. 1931)
• 1996 » Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (b. 1951)
• 1998 » Betty Carter, American singer (b. 1930)
• 1999 » Oseola McCarty, American philanthropist (b. 1908)
• 2000 » Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1937)
• 2000 » Richard Mulligan, American actor (b. 1932)