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Day of marriage January 4, 1934

• The temperature on January 4, 1934 was between 1.2 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 2.7 hours. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-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 May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
  • April 12 » The strongest surface wind gust in the world at the time of 231mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire. It has since been surpassed.
  • September 8 » Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SSMorro Castle kills 137 people.
  • September 18 » The Soviet Union is admitted to the League of Nations.
  • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.
  • December 11 » Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, takes his last drink and enters treatment for the final time.
  • December 29 » Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.

Day of death April 4, 1980

• The temperature on April 4, 1980 was between 3.1 °C and 8.4 °C and averaged 5.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.3 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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)
• 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 Monday, December 19, 1977 to Friday, September 11, 1981 the cabinet Van Agt I, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA/KVP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1980: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 14.1 million citizens.
  • February 24 » The United States Olympic hockey team completes its Miracle on Ice by defeating Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal.
  • February 29 » Gordie Howe of the Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
  • March 27 » Silver Thursday: A steep fall in silver prices, resulting from the Hunt Brothers attempting to corner the market in silver, leads to panic on commodity and futures exchanges.
  • July 5 » Swedish tennis player Björn Borg wins his fifth Wimbledon final and becomes the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976–1980).
  • September 5 » The Gotthard Road Tunnel opens in Switzerland as the world's longest highway tunnel at 10.14 miles (16.32km) stretching from Göschenen to Airolo.
  • September 22 » Iraq invades Iran.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1977 » Andrey Dikiy, Ukrainian-American journalist, historian, and politician (b. 1893)
• 1979 » Edgar Buchanan, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1979 » Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 4th President of Pakistan (b. 1928)
• 1980 » Red Sovine, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1917)
• 1983 » Bernard Vukas, Croatian football player, played for 1953 FIFA's "Rest of the World" team against England at Wembley (b. 1927)
• 1983 » Gloria Swanson, American actress (b. 1899)