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Day of marriage February 12, 1936

• The temperature on February 12, 1936 was between -10.1 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged -2.8 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (78%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1936: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.5 million citizens.
  • July 26 » Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
  • August 24 » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
  • November 23 » Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
  • December 7 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
  • December 23 » Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
  • December 30 » The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

Day of death July 16, 2002

• The temperature on July 16, 2002 was between 14.4 °C and 24.9 °C and averaged 19.8 °C. There was 10.6 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. 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 3, 1998 to Monday, July 22, 2002 the cabinet Kok II, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2002: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.1 million citizens.
  • January 16 » The UN Security Council unanimously establishes an arms embargo and the freezing of assets of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda, and the remaining members of the Taliban.
  • February 12 » The trial of Slobodan Milošević, the former President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, begins at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands. He dies four years later before its conclusion.
  • February 27 » Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
  • June 29 » Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
  • July 28 » Nine coal miners trapped in the flooded Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, are rescued after 77 hours underground.
  • August 20 » A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2001 » Morris, Belgian cartoonist (b. 1923)
• 2002 » John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (b. 1925)
• 2003 » Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (b. 1935)
• 2003 » Celia Cruz, Cuban-American singer and actress (b. 1925)
• 2004 » Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (b. 1919)
• 2004 » George Busbee, American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (b. 1927)