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Day of marriage June 12, 1930

• The temperature on June 12, 1930 was between 11.3 °C and 27.3 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1930: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.8 million citizens.
  • January 30 » The Politburo of the Soviet Union orders the extermination of the Kulaks.
  • February 18 » While studying photographs taken in January, Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto.
  • March 12 » Mahatma Gandhi begins the Salt March, a 200-mile march to the sea to protest the British monopoly on salt in India.
  • April 22 » The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
  • May 1 » "Pluto" is officially proposed for the name of the newly-discovered dwarf planet Pluto by Vesto Slipher in the Lowell Observatory Observation Circular. The name quickly catches on.
  • October 3 » The German Socialist Labour Party in Poland – Left is founded.

Day of death February 11, 1995

• The temperature on February 11, 1995 was between 5.5 °C and 12.1 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.8 hours. There was 0.2 hours of sunshine (2%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • February 3 » Astronaut Eileen Collins becomes the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle as mission STS-63 gets underway from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • May 1 » Croatian War of Independence: Croatian forces launch Operation Flash.
  • May 13 » Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, becomes the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas.
  • May 23 » The first version of the Java programming language is released.
  • September 28 » Bob Denard and a group of mercenaries take the islands of the Comoros in a coup.
  • November 5 » André Dallaire attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada. He is thwarted when the Prime Minister's wife locks the door.

Day of burial February 15, 1995

• The temperature on February 15, 1995 was between 7.8 °C and 11.9 °C and averaged 9.6 °C. There was 15.5 mm of rain during 6.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (23%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the 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 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1995: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.4 million citizens.
  • April 7 » First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops begin a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya.
  • May 28 » The 7.0 M_w  Neftegorsk earthquake shook the former Russian settlement of Neftegorsk with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). Total damage was $64.1–300million, with 1,989 deaths and 750 injured. The settlement was not rebuilt.
  • August 24 » Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
  • October 15 » Marco Campos dies in a race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, the only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series.
  • October 28 » The Baku Metro fire sees 289 people killed and 270 injured.
  • November 4 » Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin is assassinated by an extremist Israeli.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1993 » Robert W. Holley, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 1994 » Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (b. 1946)
• 1994 » Paul Feyerabend, Austrian-Swiss philosopher and academic (b. 1924)
• 1994 » Sorrell Booke, American lieutenant, actor, and director (b. 1930)
• 1994 » William Conrad, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1920)
• 1996 » Amelia Rosselli, Italian poet and author (b. 1930)