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Day of marriage August 1, 1932

• The temperature on August 1, 1932 was between 12.4 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 16.6 °C. There was 3.9 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 1932: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.1 million citizens.
  • January 12 » Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
  • May 23 » In Brazil, four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator Getúlio Vargas, which resulted in the outbreak of the Constitutionalist Revolution several weeks later.
  • August 2 » The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
  • August 24 » Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey).
  • September 29 » Chaco War: Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia.
  • December 27 » Radio City Music Hall, "Showplace of the Nation", opens in New York City.

Day of death October 24, 1954

• The temperature on October 24, 1954 was between 9.0 °C and 17.1 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 2.9 mm of rain during 1.3 hours. There was -0.1 hours of sunshine (0%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
  • March 26 » Nuclear weapons testing: The Romeo shot of Operation Castle is detonated at Bikini Atoll. Yield: 11 megatons.
  • April 22 » Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.
  • May 6 » Roger Bannister becomes the first person to run the mile in under four minutes.
  • September 3 » The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
  • September 17 » The novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding is first published.
  • October 11 » In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1945 » Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
• 1948 » Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
• 1948 » Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (b. 1877)
• 1949 » Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (b. 1902)
• 1958 » G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873)
• 1960 » Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (b. 1924)