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Day of marriage June 15, 1928

• The temperature on June 15, 1928 was between 8.2 °C and 16.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 3.4 mm of rain. There was 8.4 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. 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 March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
• In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
  • April 14 » The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, reaches Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
  • September 17 » The Okeechobee hurricane strikes southeastern Florida, killing more than 2,500 people.
  • October 10 » Chiang Kai-shek becomes Chairman of the Republic of China.
  • October 12 » An iron lung respirator is used for the first time at Children's Hospital, Boston.
  • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
  • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Day of death April 29, 1975

• The temperature on April 29, 1975 was between 8.3 °C and 20.8 °C and averaged 13.8 °C. There was 5.8 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. There was 10.0 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In the year 1975: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
  • March 25 » Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew.
  • April 13 » An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
  • July 15 » Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
  • July 31 » The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack in Northern Ireland.
  • September 5 » Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
  • November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1968 » Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (b. 1932)
• 1976 » Edvard Drabløs, Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)
• 1978 » Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)
• 1979 » Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1979 » Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)
• 1980 » Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)