In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
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Day of death August 24, 1969
The temperature on August 24, 1969 was between 12.6 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 14.9 °C. There was 31.6 mm of rain during 8.6 hours. There was 3.0 hours of sunshine (21%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
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