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Day of marriage November 19, 1925

• The temperature on November 19, 1925 was between -4.1 °C and 3.9 °C and averaged -0.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (72%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the 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 September 19, 1922 to August 4, 1925 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck II, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 4, 1925 to March 8, 1926 the cabinet Colijn I, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1925: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.3 million citizens.
  • January 3 » Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy.
  • May 5 » Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act.
  • July 25 » Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) is established.
  • September 8 » Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
  • November 28 » The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
  • December 11 » Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas primas introduces the Feast of Christ the King.

Day of death January 20, 1985

• The temperature on January 20, 1985 was between -8.2 °C and -3 °C and averaged -6.1 °C. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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 Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1985: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.5 million citizens.
  • January 1 » The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.
  • May 31 » United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.
  • June 17 » Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.
  • July 7 » Boris Becker becomes the youngest player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.
  • September 14 » Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
  • November 19 » Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1980 » William Roberts, English soldier and painter (b. 1895)
• 1983 » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 1984 » Johnny Weissmuller, American swimmer and actor (b. 1904)
• 1988 » Dora Stratou, Greek dancer and choreographer (b. 1903)
• 1988 » Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, Pakistani activist and politician (b. 1890)
• 1989 » Alamgir Kabir, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938)