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Day of marriage February 23, 1938

• The temperature on February 23, 1938 was between -1.5 °C and 5.1 °C and averaged 2.3 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.5 hours. There was 1.5 hours of sunshine (14%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. 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.
  • February 18 » Second Sino-Japanese War: During the Nanking Massacre, the Nanking Safety Zone International Committee is renamed "Nanking International Rescue Committee", and the safety zone in place for refugees falls apart.
  • March 12 » Anschluss: German troops occupy and absorb Austria.
  • September 12 » Adolf Hitler demands autonomy and self-determination for the Germans of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • October 5 » In Nazi Germany, Jews' passports are invalidated.
  • October 14 » The first flight of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter plane.
  • October 31 » Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

Day of death February 19, 1989

• The temperature on February 19, 1989 was between 9.5 °C and 12.9 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 4.7 mm of rain during 6.4 hours. The almost completely overcast 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 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 6 » The Round Table Talks start in Poland, thus marking the beginning of the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe.
  • February 8 » Independent Air Flight 1851 strikes Pico Alto mountain while on approach to Santa Maria Airport (Azores) killing all 144 passengers on board.
  • April 3 » The US Supreme Court upholds the jurisdictional rights of tribal courts under the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 in Mississippi Choctaw Band v. Holyfield.
  • June 28 » On the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, Slobodan Milošević delivers the Gazimestan speech at the site of the historic battle.
  • October 15 » Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1983 » Alice White, American actress (b. 1904)
• 1988 » André Frédéric Cournand, French-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• 1992 » Tojo Yamamoto, American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
• 1994 » Derek Jarman, English director and set designer (b. 1942)
• 1996 » Charlie Finley, American businessman (b. 1918)
• 1997 » Leo Rosten, Polish-American author and academic (b. 1908)