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Day of marriage May 27, 1932

• The temperature on May 27, 1932 was between 8.1 °C and 14.8 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). 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.
  • May 4 » In Atlanta, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.
  • June 17 » Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
  • July 1 » Australia's national broadcaster, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was formed.
  • July 30 » Premiere of Walt Disney's Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
  • October 3 » Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • December 25 » A magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Gansu, China kills 275 people.

Day of death May 20, 1985

• The temperature on May 20, 1985 was between 10.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.8 °C. There was 4.1 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (15%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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 21 » Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.
  • March 20 » Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  • April 23 » Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.
  • May 20 » Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.
  • July 20 » The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.
  • October 29 » Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1975 » Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and lithographer (b. 1903)
• 1976 » Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (b. 1934)
• 1976 » Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1911)
• 1976 » Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (b. 1924)
• 1989 » Gilda Radner, American actress and comedian (b. 1946)
• 1989 » John Hicks, English economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)