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Day of marriage April 9, 1938

• The temperature on April 9, 1938 was between 1.5 °C and 9.0 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was 1.2 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (46%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • February 11 » BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television programme, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".
  • July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • September 30 » Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
  • December 13 » The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opens in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

Day of death August 9, 1960

• The temperature on August 9, 1960 was between 11.9 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 3.1 hours. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (27%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • April 21 » Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic are simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro.
  • April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
  • June 25 » Cold War: Two cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there defected to the Soviet Union.
  • June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
  • September 2 » The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
  • September 14 » Congo Crisis: With CIA help, Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.

Day of burial August 12, 1960

• The temperature on August 12, 1960 was between 9.5 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.7 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 7.8 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. 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 May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1960: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
  • January 6 » The Associations Law comes into force in Iraq, allowing registration of political parties.
  • February 19 » China successfully launches the T-7, its first sounding rocket.
  • April 25 » The United States Navy submarine USSTriton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
  • June 30 » Belgian Congo gains independence as Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
  • August 1 » Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
  • September 24 » USSEnterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1957 » Carl Clauberg, German Nazi physician (b. 1898)
• 1962 » Hermann Hesse, German-born Swiss poet, novelist, and painter, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
• 1963 » Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, American son of John F. Kennedy (b. 1963)
• 1967 » Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933)
• 1969 » Sharon Tate, American model and actress (b. 1943)
• 1969 » Wojciech Frykowski, Polish-American actor and author (b. 1936)