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Day of marriage April 26, 1917

• The temperature on April 26, 1917 was between 2.7 °C and 10.7 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (37%). 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 August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
• In the year 1917: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.5 million citizens.
  • May 26 » Several powerful tornadoes rip through Illinois, including the city of Mattoon.
  • June 4 » The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World.
  • June 26 » World War I: The American Expeditionary Forces begin to arrive in France. They will first enter combat four months later.
  • September 14 » The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
  • November 5 » Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  • November 7 » World War I: Third Battle of Gaza ends: British forces capture Gaza from the Ottoman Empire.

Day of death December 3, 1984

• The temperature on December 3, 1984 was between 1.6 °C and 7.5 °C and averaged 4.0 °C. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (67%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
  • January 28 » Tropical Storm Domoina makes landfall in southern Mozambique, eventually causing 214 deaths and some of the most severe flooding so far recorded in the region.
  • February 24 » Tyrone Mitchell perpetrates the 49th Street Elementary School shooting in Los Angeles, killing two children and injuring 12 more.
  • July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
  • December 4 » Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar.
  • December 23 » After experiencing an engine fire, Aeroflot Flight 3519 attempts to make an emergency landing at Krasnoyarsk International Airport but crashes, killing 110 of the 111 people on board.

Day of burial December 7, 1984

• The temperature on December 7, 1984 was between -0.5 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 1.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. 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 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 1984: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.4 million citizens.
  • January 22 » The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
  • January 24 » Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
  • February 22 » President of Bangladesh, H M Ershad upgraded South Sylhet's sub-division status to a district and renamed it back to Moulvibazar.
  • February 29 » Pierre Trudeau announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
  • July 17 » The national drinking age in the United States was changed from 18 to 21.
  • December 1 » NASA conducts the Controlled Impact Demonstration, wherein an airliner is deliberately crashed in order to test technologies and gather data to help improve survivability of crashes.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)