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Day of marriage August 12, 1938

• The temperature on August 12, 1938 was between 14.1 °C and 23.5 °C and averaged 18.5 °C. There was 3.6 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 2.6 hours of sunshine (17%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the 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 year 1938: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 28 » The World Land Speed Record on a public road is broken by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz W195 at a speed of 432.7 kilometres per hour (268.9mph).
  • February 4 » Adolf Hitler appoints himself as head of the Armed Forces High Command.
  • May 25 » Spanish Civil War: The bombing of Alicante kills 313 people.
  • May 26 » In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.
  • June 7 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. Five hundred to nine hundred thousand civilians are killed.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.

Day of death June 10, 1991

• The temperature on June 10, 1991 was between 11.6 °C and 17.2 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.7 mm of rain during 2.5 hours. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. 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 Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
  • January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
  • January 20 » Sudan's government imposes Islamic law nationwide, worsening the civil war between the country's Muslim north and Christian south.
  • July 7 » Yugoslav Wars: The Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
  • August 8 » The Warsaw radio mast, at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
  • November 28 » South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
  • December 2 » Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1986 » Merle Miller, American author and playwright (b. 1919)
• 1987 » Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1988 » Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1908)
• 1991 » Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (b. 1902)
• 1992 » Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1931)
• 1993 » Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, writer and presenter (b. 1931)