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Birthday August 22, 1912

The temperature on August 22, 1912 was between 11.1 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 33.1 mm of rain. There was 2.1 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. 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 February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
In the year 1912: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
- January 11 » Immigrant textile workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages are reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week.
- January 23 » The International Opium Convention is signed at The Hague.
- April 16 » Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly an airplane across the English Channel.
- October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
- November 2 » Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople.
- November 27 » Spain declares a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco.

Day of marriage May 16, 1939

The temperature on May 16, 1939 was between 7.3 °C and 15.9 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 26.6 mm of rain during 8.3 hours. There was 0.6 hours of sunshine (4%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-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 Netherlands , there was from July 25, 1939 to August 10, 1939 the cabinet Colijn V, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1939 to September 3, 1940 the cabinet De Geer II, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
In the year 1939: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 8.7 million citizens.
- March 30 » The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463mph (745km/h).
- August 25 » The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
- September 1 » General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
- November 4 » World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
- November 17 » Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. All Czech universities are shut down and more than 1,200 students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic.
- December 24 » World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.

Day of death April 20, 1994

The temperature on April 20, 1994 was between 0.3 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (20%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. 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 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
In The Netherlands , there was from Monday, August 22, 1994 to Monday, August 3, 1998 the cabinet a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabinet-Kok_I" class="extern">Kok I, with W. Kok (PvdA) as prime minister.
In the year 1994: Source: Wikipedia
- The Netherlands had about 15.3 million citizens.
- January 6 » American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked and injured by an assailant hired by her rival Tonya Harding's ex-husband during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships that they were both taking part in.
- May 4 » Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord, granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
- June 30 » During a test flight of an Airbus A330-300 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, the aircraft crashes killing all seven people on board.
- August 23 » Eugene Bullard, the only African American pilot in World War I, is posthumously commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force.
- November 8 » Republican Revolution: On the night of the 1994 United States midterm elections, Republicans make historic electoral gains by securing massive majorities in both houses of congress (54 seats in the House and eight seats in the Senate, additionally). Thus bringing a close to four decades of Democratic domination.
- December 24 » Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of three days three passengers are killed, as are all four terrorists.

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1909 » Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter and producer († 2000)
1909 » Mel Hein, American football player and coach († 1992)
1913 » Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic († 1993)
1913 » Leonard Pagliero, English businessman and pilot († 2008)
1914 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, co-founded the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum († 1989)
1914 » Jack Dunphy, American author and playwright († 1992)

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1991 » Steve Marriott, English singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
1992 » Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1992 » Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (b. 1922)
1993 » Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1911)
1995 » Milovan Đilas, Yugoslav communist, politician, theorist and author (b. 1911)
1996 » Trần Văn Trà, Vietnamese general and politician (b. 1918)

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