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Day of marriage August 17, 1938

• The temperature on August 17, 1938 was between 13.8 °C and 18.9 °C and averaged 15.9 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.4 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (16%). 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 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.
  • March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
  • April 30 » The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny.
  • July 3 » United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates the Eternal Light Peace Memorial and lights the eternal flame at Gettysburg Battlefield.
  • September 27 » The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth is launched in Glasgow.
  • September 30 » The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.

Day of death September 15, 1963

• The temperature on September 15, 1963 was between 5.8 °C and 19.4 °C and averaged 13.5 °C. There was 11.7 hours of sunshine (92%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1963: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 11.9 million citizens.
  • May 2 » Berthold Seliger launches a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It is the only sounding rocket developed in Germany.
  • June 17 » A day after South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm announced the Joint Communiqué to end the Buddhist crisis, a riot involving around 2,000 people breaks out. One person is killed.
  • July 7 » Buddhist crisis: The police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of President Ngo Dinh Diem, attacked a group of American journalists who were covering a protest.
  • July 26 » Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
  • September 15 » Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed in the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
  • December 10 » An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1965 » Steve Brown, American bassist (b. 1890)
• 1972 » Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
• 1972 » Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
• 1972 » Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
• 1973 » Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, poet, and director (b. 1932)