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Day of marriage March 17, 1938

• The temperature on March 17, 1938 was between 6.2 °C and 11.7 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. 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 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.
  • March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
  • 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.
  • July 31 » Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
  • August 18 » The Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting New York, United States with Ontario, Canada over the Saint Lawrence River, is dedicated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  • December 17 » Otto Hahn discovers the nuclear fission of the heavy element uranium, the scientific and technological basis of nuclear energy.

Day of death September 1, 2003

• The temperature on September 1, 2003 was between 7.8 °C and 18.8 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 1.6 hours. There was 6.8 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • February 1 » Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during the reentry of mission STS-107 into the Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
  • March 28 » In a friendly fire incident, two American A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft attack British tanks participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, killing one soldier.
  • May 16 » In Morocco, 33 civilians are killed and more than 100 people are injured in the Casablanca terrorist attacks.
  • August 11 » Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • August 22 » Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
  • December 26 » The 6.6 M_w  Bam earthquake shakes southeastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving more than 26,000 dead and 30,000 injured.

Day of burial September 3, 2003

• The temperature on September 3, 2003 was between 4.4 °C and 21.9 °C and averaged 13.4 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north. 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 Monday, July 22, 2002 to Tuesday, May 27, 2003 the cabinet Balkenende I, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, May 27, 2003 to Friday, July 7, 2006 the cabinet Balkenende II, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2003: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.2 million citizens.
  • January 25 » Invasion of Iraq: A group of people leave London, England, for Baghdad, Iraq, to serve as human shields, intending to prevent the U.S.-led coalition troops from bombing certain locations.
  • March 5 » In Haifa, 17 Israeli civilians are killed in the Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing.
  • March 12 » The World Health Organization officially release a global warning of outbreaks of Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
  • July 1 » Over 500,000 people protest against efforts to pass anti-sedition legislation in Hong Kong.
  • September 14 » In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
  • September 21 » The Galileo spacecraft is terminated by sending it into Jupiter's atmosphere.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2003 » Rand Brooks, American actor and producer (b. 1918)
• 2003 » Terry Frost, English painter and academic (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
• 2004 » Alastair Morton, South African businessman (b. 1938)
• 2005 » R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 2006 » György Faludy, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1910)