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Day of marriage July 5, 1938

• The temperature on July 5, 1938 was between 9.2 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 12.0 °C. There was 11.6 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 3.9 hours of sunshine (23%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
  • June 7 » The Douglas DC-4E makes its first test flight.
  • June 23 » The Civil Aeronautics Act is signed into law, forming the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States.
  • June 24 » Pieces of a meteorite land near Chicora, Pennsylvania. The meteorite is estimated to have weighed 450metric tons when it hit the Earth's atmosphere and exploded.
  • July 10 » Howard Hughes begins a 91-hour airplane flight around the world that will set a new record.
  • October 10 » Abiding by the Munich Agreement, Czechoslovakia completes its withdrawal from the Sudetenland.

Day of death October 13, 1981

• The temperature on October 13, 1981 was between 3.4 °C and 10.9 °C and averaged 7.2 °C. There was 14.7 mm of rain during 7.2 hours. There was 1.3 hours of sunshine (12%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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, 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 Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1981: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.2 million citizens.
  • January 8 » A local farmer reports a UFO sighting in Trans-en-Provence, France, claimed to be "perhaps the most completely and carefully documented sighting of all time".
  • February 13 » A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.
  • April 11 » A massive riot in Brixton, south London results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
  • July 29 » A worldwide television audience of over 700million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
  • November 12 » Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
  • November 25 » Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1979 » Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (b. 1905)
• 1981 » Rebecca Clarke, English viola player and composer (b. 1886)
• 1985 » Tage Danielsson, Swedish author, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Kishore Kumar, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (b. 1929)
• 1987 » Nilgün Marmara, Turkish poet and author (b. 1958)
• 1987 » Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)