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Day of marriage April 25, 1939

• The temperature on April 25, 1939 was between 2.5 °C and 8.9 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 11.1 mm of rain during 4.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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 June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
  • March 26 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war.
  • April 10 » Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.'s "Big Book", is first published.
  • September 10 » World War II: The submarine HMSOxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMSTriton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
  • September 17 » World War II: German submarineU-29 sinks the British aircraft carrier HMSCourageous.
  • November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
  • December 17 » World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo.

Day of death July 21, 1954

• The temperature on July 21, 1954 was between 8.1 °C and 20.2 °C and averaged 15.1 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain during 1.2 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (52%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1954: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 10.6 million citizens.
  • May 13 » The original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opens and runs for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography.
  • June 24 » First Indochina War: Battle of Mang Yang Pass: Viet Minh troops belonging to the 803rd Regiment ambush G.M.100 of France in An Khê.
  • July 20 » Germany: Otto John, head of West Germany's secret service, defects to East Germany.
  • August 24 » Getúlio Vargas, president of Brazil, commits suicide and is succeeded by João Café Filho.
  • September 30 » The U.S. Navy submarine USSNautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
  • November 27 » Alger Hiss is released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1943 » Charley Paddock, American runner and actor (b. 1900)
• 1943 » Louis Vauxcelles, French Jewish art critic (b. 1870)
• 1944 » Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier (b. 1907)
• 1946 » Gualberto Villarroel, Bolivian soldier and politician, 45th President of Bolivia (b. 1908)
• 1948 » Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (b. 1904)
• 1952 » Pedro Lascuráin, Mexican politician, president for 45 minutes on February 13, 1913. (b. 1856)