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Christening day August 22, 1920

• The temperature on August 22, 1920 was between 10.2 °C and 14.3 °C and averaged 12.2 °C. There was 31.8 mm of rain. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (7%). The average windspeed was 4 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 September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1920: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 6.8 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The Nazi Party (NSDAP) was founded by Adolf Hitler in the Hofbräuhaus beer hall in Munich, Germany
  • June 15 » Following the 1920 Schleswig plebiscites, Northern Schleswig is transferred from Germany to Denmark.
  • August 31 » Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
  • September 17 » The National Football League is organized as the American Professional Football Association in Canton, Ohio.
  • November 1 » American fishing schooner Esperanto defeats the Canadian fishing schooner Delawana in the First International Fishing Schooner Championship Races in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • December 11 » Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for a recent IRA ambush, British forces burn and loot numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians report being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces.

Day of death June 27, 2008

• The temperature on June 27, 2008 was between 12.4 °C and 20.9 °C and averaged 17.0 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (60%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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 Thursday, February 22, 2007 to Thursday, October 14, 2010 the cabinet Balkenende IV, with Mr.dr. J.P. Balkenende (CDA) as prime minister.
• In the year 2008: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 16.4 million citizens.
  • February 24 » Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba and the Council of Ministers after 32 years. He remains as head of the Communist Party for another three years.
  • March 1 » The Armenian police clash with peaceful opposition rally protesting against allegedly fraudulent presidential elections, as a result ten people are killed.
  • August 6 » A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
  • September 23 » Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
  • October 22 » India launches its first unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan-1.
  • December 22 » An ash dike ruptured at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1billion US gallons (4,200,000m) of coal fly ash slurry.

Source: Wikipedia

• 2005 » Shelby Foote, American historian and author (b. 1917)
• 2006 » Ángel Maturino Reséndiz, Mexican serial killer (b. 1959)
• 2007 » William Hutt, Canadian actor (b. 1920)
• 2008 » Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (b. 1914)
• 2009 » Gale Storm, American actress (b. 1922)
• 2010 » Corey Allen, American film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (b. 1934)