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Day of marriage October 1, 1931

• The temperature on October 1, 1931 was between 7.7 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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 1931: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.9 million citizens.
  • January 7 » Guy Menzies flies the first solo non-stop trans-Tasman flight (from Australia to New Zealand) in 11 hours and 45 minutes, crash-landing on New Zealand's west coast.
  • March 15 » SSViking explodes off Newfoundland, killing 27 of the 147 on board.
  • March 25 » The Scottsboro Boys are arrested in Alabama and charged with rape.
  • July 1 » United Airlines begins service (as Boeing Air Transport).
  • September 30 » Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
  • October 1 » The George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking New Jersey and New York, is opened.

Day of death March 2, 1989

• The temperature on March 2, 1989 was between 4.5 °C and 8.7 °C and averaged 6.4 °C. There was 10.1 mm of rain during 6.6 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• 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 1989: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.8 million citizens.
  • January 20 » George H. W. Bush is inaugurated the 41st President of the United States of America.
  • February 3 » After a stroke two weeks previously, South African President P. W. Botha resigns as leader of the National Party, but stays on as president for six more months.
  • June 4 » The Tiananmen Square protests are suppressed in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with between 241 and 1,000 dead (an unofficial estimate).
  • June 16 » Revolutions of 1989: Imre Nagy, the former Hungarian prime minister, is reburied in Budapest following the collapse of Communism in Hungary.
  • December 3 » Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
  • December 22 » Communist President of Romania Nicolae Ceaușescu is overthrown by Ion Iliescu after days of bloody confrontations. The deposed dictator and his wife flee Bucharest in a helicopter as protesters erupt in cheers.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1982 » Philip K. Dick, American philosopher and author (b. 1928)
• 1987 » Lolo Soetoro, Indonesian geographer and academic (b. 1935)
• 1987 » Randolph Scott, American actor and director (b. 1898)
• 1991 » Serge Gainsbourg, French singer-songwriter, actor, and director (b. 1928)
• 1992 » Sandy Dennis, American actress (b. 1937)
• 1994 » Anita Morris, American actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1943)